Micrornas: Key Regulators of Gene Expression
In 1993, the gene lin-4 in C. elegans embryos was discovered to play a crucial role in larval development. Victor...
November 17, 2024
GENETICS
McClintock and the Ac/Ds Transposable Elements | NOTES
Barbara McClintock’s groundbreaking work in maize led to the discovery of controlling elements, now known as transposable elements. These genetic...
October 30, 2024
How Ribosome Structure Influences Protein Folding
Protein folding is essential to understanding how proteins achieve their functional structures. The core idea, known as the central dogma...
October 16, 2024
RNA Splicing Mechanism Notes
RNA splicing is one of the major mechanisms for RNA processing, which involves getting the precursor messenger RNA-pre-mRNA-to its mature...
October 9, 2024
Alternative Splicing In RNA- NOTES
During RNA splicing, the introns are precisely excised, and the exons are ligated together. The majority of nuclear pre-mRNAs are...
October 7, 2024
Structure of Globin mRNA and RNA Capping
Capping is the first modification made to RNA polymerase II-transcribed RNA and takes place co-transcriptionally in the nucleus as soon...
October 6, 2024
The Secret Behind Eye Color Revealed
Brown is the color of eye prevalent worldwide by a huge margin. It is, in fact, green is considered to...
October 1, 2024
Haemophilia: Hereditary Bleeding Disorder
Haemophilia is a hereditary bleeding disorder that affects the normal process of blood coagulation. It is an X-linked and recessive...
September 30, 2024
RNA Interference and Its Role
RNA interference (RNAi) is a conserved process that regulates gene expression using small silencing RNAs acting in a sequence-specific manner....
September 29, 2024
Principles of transcriptional regulation In tryptophan operon
The tryptophan (trp) operon of Escherichia coli is a paradigm example of a repressed, negatively controlled operon. This operon involves...
September 28, 2024
