In the early 1980s, David Gilmour, now an emeritus biochemistry and molecular biology professor at Pennsylvania State University, joined the laboratory of geneticist and biochemist John Lis as a ...

Southwestern blotting is a technique used to study the interaction between DNA and protein. It combines aspects of southern and western blotting techniques, combining the detection of DNA and protein, ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Profluent, the AI-first protein design company, today announced Protein2PAM, the first in a series of AI models that will broadly focus on protein-DNA interactions ...

What happens when you squeeze DNA? Can pressure reveal something about how our genetic material is packed, protected, and ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, researchers reviewed the consequences of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses (SARS-CoVs) ...

Many different proteins can bind DNA, and they perform a variety of critical functions in cells. DNA-binding proteins often attach to specific places in the genome, and they may help respond to stress ...

The pros and cons of moonlighting—taking up an extra job in addition to full-time employment—are hotly debated. But in biology, moonlighting is not uncommon, as individual proteins often perform ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Learn more.

DNA repair proteins act like the body's editors, constantly finding and reversing damage to our genetic code. Researchers have long struggled to understand how cancer cells hijack one of these ...