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Biochemistry Articles:

Promoters as tumour suppressors: MYC vs. PVT1 for gene expression

GUARDIN the genome; a lncRNA unites p53, telomeres and miRNAs

Putting U in the tail of mRNA

Do ribosomes form queues: tailORFs regulate translation

Translating into the new year. A new role for eIF4A and more methyl modifications

ChIPping transcription: how to map R-loops

Trick and TREAT: Visualising mRNA turnover

Promote the enhancer to enhance the promoter

Loop it like cohesin

The sex chromosomes – Y is there a Y and the great X-scape

A sticky situation – pyruvate kinase aggregates when stressed

Imaging RNA in a cell with Corn

A bacterial aphrodisiac?

Butterfly wing patterns just got CRISPR

CARs designed to tackle cancer

Time to re-write the textbooks? How DNA is really packed inside the nucleus.

Get transcribed in style: The CTD that everyone’s talking about

Centrosomes, not centromeres, and error-correcting kinetochores

CRISPR just got snappy…

Book Reviews:

The Gene: An intimate history ~ Siddhartha Mukherjee

Revision techniques:

How to revise biology: remembering abbreviations

History:

Darwin’s cousin – the man who made a beauty map of Britain

Tag: low temperature

How do enzymes survive the snow? Adapting adenylate kinase to the cold.

Regardless of the weather, our bodies have evolved to function optimally at 37 ℃. However, we are an insignificant speck of the vast array of species out there, where many, if not most, species are operating at temperatures that could either freeze or frazzle us! Enzymes are the key players in catalysing the many biochemical […]

Read More How do enzymes survive the snow? Adapting adenylate kinase to the cold.

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