Genes associated with preterm birth and protecting the fetus from the mother’s immune system appear to be regulated by HAND2.

A light-sensitive gene involved in regulating the body clock may also influence mood, mediating the effect of light.

In the last decade, researchers have come to realize that tumors harbor bits of extrachromosomal DNA that can drive malignancy.

Researchers are uncovering how circular bits of DNA found in some cancer cells can help tumors evolve and kill.

Enhancers, short regions of DNA that direct gene expression, of species separated by 700 million years of evolution worked interchangeably, according to a new study.

A decade-long effort to probe gene regulation reveals differences between males and females, points to essential regulatory elements, and offers insight into past work on telomeres.

Through his studies on cancer-causing viruses, the University of California, Los Angeles, professor has helped develop lifesaving treatments.

Scientists identify a transcription factor that plays a key role in increased fruit size.

Cohn was a leader in gene regulation and immune system research and left a lasting legacy in La Jolla.

Recent research has revealed many surprises about circular RNAs, from findings that they are translated in vivo to links between their expression and disease.

Researchers have designed a screen to find unique molecules, called riboswitches, that determine whether transcription will proceed.

A newly developed method detects regulators of bacterial transcription called riboswitches.

Additions to the bases of RNA molecules can be written, read, and erased.

A chance discovery results in the first report of DNA-based gene silencing in an animal.

A chromatin remodeler in embryonic stem cells clears the DNA for mRNA transcription while stifling the expression of noncoding transcripts.

Preliminary results from the Genotype-Tissue Expression project reveal that gene expression varies more across tissues than across individuals.

Not only do telomeres protect the ends of chromosomes, they also modulate gene expression over cells’ lifetimes.