Understanding bacterial growth mechanisms can potentially help uncover novel drug targets that are crucial for maintaining cellular viability, particularly for bacterial pathogens. In this important ...

The last few years have provided us with a new level of understanding of how chromosomes are replicated, segregated and read - and how their 3D organisation influences expression of individual genes ...

These losses, called deletion mutations, gradually erode the function of a cell component ... Mitochondria are the descendants of free-living bacteria that our early single-celled ancestors ...

BALTIMORE -- Water quality tests found elevated levels of legionella bacteria have been detected at three Baltimore City courthouses, according to the Baltimore City Mayor's Office. The city said ...

which prior research had indicated may play a key role in the checkpoint function. The protein had been observed as staying at chromosome ends and the nuclear envelope in abnormal oocytes.

Centenarians frequently stood out, with a genetic landscape and bodily functions resembling people far younger than expected for their ... cells from three male centenarians showed a slight loss of ...

These findings help us better understand the structure and function of our chromosomes. They also provide insight into how disruption of twisted DNA looping can affect health—for instance, in ...

and how new genes and genetic function arise. "If you conducted these same tests within some even older groups such as most mammals or all birds, you would find that their sex chromosomes are all ...