An international research team led jointly by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), the University of Göttingen and ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in DNA's shape have an important influence on gene activity and energy production.

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," which enables researchers to better understand how human cells function and ...

DEK is a highly conserved chromatin-associated oncoprotein with important roles in chromatin biology and disease. First identified in 1992 as part of a DEK–NUP214 (nucleoporin 214) fusion resulting ...

The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is a eukaryotic cellular structure that regulates bidirectional traffic of macromolecules across the nuclear envelope. Solving the intricate structure of this ~120-MDa ...