Figure 1: An illustration showing RNA polymerase II (silver structure) transcribing DNA (yellow and orange helix) into messenger RNA. RIKEN researchers have conducted ...

The newly revealed structure of a key complex involved in copying DNA will lead to a better understanding of the process ...

A groundbreaking and surprising discovery provides a major conceptual change of what is most important to cells: the fidelity of the DNA transcription process – accurately copying the DNA message into ...

Every living cell transcribes DNA into RNA. This process begins when an enzyme called RNA polymerase (RNAP) clamps onto DNA. Within a few hundred milliseconds, the DNA double helix unwinds to form a ...

When the molecular machinery in our cells gets to work transcribing the genetic information encoded in DNA into messenger RNA (mRNA), it pauses shortly after starting. Known as promoter-proximal ...

Researchers have determined the structure of a molecular protein complex that helps DNA to be read and its instructions carried out. The complex, called TFIIIB, is of interest to cancer researchers ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Arizona State University Professor Michael Lynch joins a multi-institute group of researchers to investigate transcription error rates ...