Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...
Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.
Researchers discovered how rabies virus exerts massive control over host cells with very few genes. A key viral protein ...
Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.