Living organisms have a knack for persisting in the face of challenges. For instance, when genes malfunction, organisms may be able to compensate by activating redundant genes with similar ...

Splicing Fungal Genes Help Cells Change Shape Candida albicans uses alternative splicing to morph into a filamentous form during fevers.

In a paper published in Science Bulletin, a Chinese team of scientists presented a novel trade-off mechanism mediated by alternative splicing (AS) of OsbHLH59 in balancing rice growth and drought ...

That research was commercially unsuccessful, and the scientists have since turned to gene splicing in petunias by using four different key fungal genes, each with a specific purpose. Need a break?

Microexons, tiny fragments of genes that are just 3-27 nucleotides long, are known to play a 'tiny but mighty' role in neuronal cells. Through RNA splicing, microexons sculpt the surfaces of ...

Since SMNDC1 is itself a splicing factor, the team next examined splicing in their poison exon-null mice. Indeed, their analysis revealed global changes to gene splicing that appeared to impact ...

Arrow worms, or chaetognaths, are strange ocean predators that have puzzled scientists for more than a century. They have ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Alternative splicing (AS), a critical process for gene expression regulation, allows a single ...