Reconstructed ancient protein maps how bacterial enzymes evolved distinct functions

How do related proteins develop different functions? This is the question investigated by a research team involving Kiel ...

Biology’s four-letter DNA alphabet just expanded to eight

Researchers showed that E. coli RNA polymerase can read and transcribe an eight-letter genetic alphabet containing four natural DNA letters and four synthetic ones.
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New Twist in Prostate Cancer: The Urinary Microbiome's Testosterone-Making Secret

Can urinary bacteria make testosterone? The urinary microbiome (urobiome) can convert DHEA into testosterone, revealing a new ...

All known life uses 4 DNA letters; UC San Diego showed an existing bacterial enzyme can accurately read and transcribe 8, doubling the genetic alphabet with synthetic l…

All life on Earth, from bacteria to blue whales, writes its genetic instructions using the same four-letter alphabet. These ...

In 1855, scientists discovered a fungus that turns flies into zombie hosts. More than 160 years later, its spores still show how a parasite can control behavior in flies

Discover how Entomophthora muscae, the zombie fly fungus, manipulates behavior in flies, leading them to become hosts that ...