You may have heard of the fantastic-sounding "dark side of the genome." This poorly studied fraction of DNA, known as ...

For decades, scientists dismissed transposable elements, also known as transposons or “jumping genes”, as useless “junk DNA”. But are they really? The early speculations of both McClintock ...

Transposable elements, or "jumping genes", were first identified by Barbara McClintock more than 50 years ago. Why are transposons so common in eukaryotes, and exactly what do they do? In addition ...

Researchers say findings suggest it may be possible to stop cancer growth using approaches such as restraining TE activity in cancer cells.

Researchers from Cleveland Clinic's Genome Center have outlined the pathway human herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV1) can use to ...

Scientists have long been curious about a mysterious part of our DNA called heterochromatin, often called the “dark side of ...

Bdelloid rotifers, microscopic animals found nearly all in freshwater ecosystems worldwide, lack the enzymes that most animals use to silence regions of their genome by attaching chemical tags called ...

Researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Genome Center outlined the pathway human herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV1) can use to contribute to Alzheimer’s disease in aging brains. In a report published ...

How do cells keep transposable elements under control? Meet O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT), an enzyme at the heart of many essential cellular functions.