In a study published in Cell, a research team led by ZHANG Yong'e and WANG Haoyi from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has characterized the diversity of DNA transposons and ...

Say freeze! Sitting in a cryogenic studio and waiting to be bombarded with electrons, two proteins, both part of a gene editing complex, were poised to be imaged for posterity. And then, as the ...

Two papers, one published today in Nature and the other last week in Science, describe a new mechanism in which bacterial transposons associate with CRISPR-Cas systems to allow for RNA-guided DNA ...

Transposable elements (TEs) make up a large proportion of eukaryotic genomes. As their mobilization creates genetic variation that threatens genome integrity, TEs are epigenetically silenced through ...

Cornell (NY, USA) researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind to the genome. Transposons play critical roles in immune ...

The first transposon that can determine survival in mammals has been identified, raising questions about evolution and fertility in the class. Transposons are DNA sequences initially incorporated into ...

If you thought transposons were mere genetic curiosities, think again. In the hands of research scientists, genetic elements akin to those that give Indian corn its unique coloration can be used to ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- William S. Reznikoff, senior research scholar at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and professor emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been elected a Fellow of the ...