GEN

Transposons Hijack Telomeres to Persist in Bacterial DNA

Transposons are critical drivers of bacterial evolution that have been studied for many decades and have been the subject of Nobel Prize winning research. Now, researchers from Cornell University have ...
GEN

Transposon Gene Regulatory Roles Revealed Using Phylogenetic Approach

Transposable elements (TEs) are repetitive DNA sequences that originate from ancient viruses and currently make up nearly half of the human genome. While TEs were once labeled as “junk” DNA with no ...
科学技術振興機構

遺伝子（DNA）ワクチンの作用機序を解明

JSTのERATO審良自然免疫プロジェクトとして、審良 静男（大阪大学免疫学フロンティア研究センター拠点長）、石井 健（同微生物病研究所難治感染症対策研究センター准教授）らは、「DNAワクチン」とよばれる新型ワクチンの作用メカニズムを ...