gene randomizes X inactivation and distorts the sex ratio.

A functional polymorphism correlates with the development of antisocial behavior in maltreated children.

A genetic screen in flies demonstrates a distinction between the establishment and maintenance of transcriptional repression.

Genetic analysis reveals a pathway involved in innate immunity that is conserved from worms to man.

Yeast researchers have created a collection of mutants in which each gene has been systematically deleted.

, demonstrates the effectiveness of studying compact vertebrate genomes.

A yeast screen for growth characteristics identifies a large number of genes linked to mitochondrial function, and perhaps to human mitochondrial diseases.

Studies of transgenic rice plants provide insights into the role of methylation in gene silencing.

A methyl-CpG-binding protein protects against CpG mutability and can prevent tumor formation in mice.

SAGE Genie provides new tools for exploring human gene-expression data.

Experiments with mutant adenoviruses reveal how viral oncoproteins target the cellular DNA-repair machinery to induce 'hit-and-run' transformation.

The nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) kills cells by inducing translocation of a mitochondrial suicide protein.