We are far from understanding all the rules that govern the process of RNA splicing and defining the sequence information that governs intron definition. In the September 25 Proceedings of the ...

The completed sequencing of entire bacterial genomes and recent advances in genomics has allowed the identification of many genes. While several genes have been characterized, the function of the ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The sequences of nonsense DNA that interrupt genes could be far more important to the evolution of genomes than previously thought, according to a recent Science report by Indiana ...

Within multi-exon genes, after introns are removed, the exons must be spliced back together. Splice-enhancer domains (exon sequences near the intron–exon boundary) help to ensure that this happens ...

A novel type of “jumping gene” may explain why the genomes of complex cells aren’t all equally stuffed with noncoding sequences. All animals, plants, fungi and protists — which collectively make up ...

Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing ...