Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have developed a vector that integrates the Cre enzyme gene with the specific DNA ...

Promoter sequences are DNA sequences that define where transcription of a gene by RNA polymerase begins. Promoter sequences are typically located directly upstream or at the 5' end of the ...

DNA is well-known for its double helix shape ... "We also found that i-motifs form in the promoter region of oncogenes, for instance the MYC oncogene, which encodes one of cancer's most notorious ...

Figure 3: The Dnmt1-interacting region of HDAC1 associates with methyltransferase ... Targeted mutation of the DNA methyltransferase gene results in embryonic lethality. Cell 69, 915–926 ...