This new research may also prove important for future drug development. Scientists have identified numerous genes linked to cancer, but controlling their expression remains a challenge.

Gene expression is dynamic, and the same gene may act in different ways under different circumstances. For example, imagine that two organisms have similar genotypes but different phenotypes.

The function of non-coding RNA in the cell has long been a mystery to researchers. Unlike coding RNA, non-coding RNA does not produce proteins -- yet it exists in large quantities. A research team ...

A new study has found that ORC plays a broad, unexpected role in regulating human cell gene expression and chromatin ...

Epigenetics and Heritable Control of Gene Expression The epigenome regulates nearly every process in the human body. By studying epigenetics, scientists have revealed some secrets to aging, cancer, ...

Cohesin is a protein that forms a ring-shaped complex which wraps and alters the DNA molecule shape. It moves through the DNA and creates specific loops in the genetic material which determine the ...

A Yale research team has created a new computer tool that can pinpoint when exactly genes turn on and off over time during ...

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) are a type of RNA molecule that do not carry instructions to make proteins. Instead, they influence how other genes are expressed.

The translocation most typically found in mantle cell lymphoma drags a powerful regulatory element into a new area of the human genome.