A change in the DNA sequence of a codon may not change the corresponding amino acid residue in the encoded protein because each residue can be encoded by several codons. This is called the Wobble ...
When a cell receives a message from outside, it generates a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) to relay this message. To ...
The Mount Sinai team focused specifically on class IIa HDACs, which exhibit more tissue-specific functions than class I HDACs, which act more broadly. Among the 18 histone deacetylases discovered to ...
For the first time, researchers identified the function of the CASKIN2 protein, which plays a key role in precise signal ...
Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius, in a letter to a fellow chemist, first suggested the name ‘proteins’ for a particular class of biological substances, deriving it from the Greek word proteios, ...
Cell division is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information. Each chromosome within a plant contains a ...