RNA splicing is a highly regulated process that influences almost every aspect of eukaryotic cell biology. Early studies suggest that both spliceosome assembly and catalysis of splicing occur in a ...
In the male germ cells of placental mammals, 26–30-nt-long PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) emerge when spermatocytes enter the pachytene phase of meiosis. In mice, pachytene piRNAs derive from ~100 ...
What if you could flip a genetic switch to silence a gene, then turn it back on with a simple drug? For researchers, gene-switch tools offer that kind of control—and a new system called Cyclone may ...