Sterols, such as cholesterol in our bodies or ergosterol in yeast cells, are among the most abundant lipids in eukaryotic ...

Sterols are among the most abundant lipids in eukaryotic cells, yet are synthesized through notoriously long, complex metabolic pathways. Researchers have used a novel approach to show how they ...

with the identification of cis-acting DNA elements in the promoters of eukaryotic cells that are required for transcriptional activation. Many promoters from both yeast and mammalian cells share ...

Large-scale comparison of gene families across 1154 Saccharomycotina genomes revealed that gene gains and losses drive yeast ...

Now, a stage in this process has been achieved in yeast cells — an entire yeast chromosome ... in yeast (the first such achievement in a eukaryote — the class of organisms comprising plants ...

The yeast nuclear endonuclease Rnt1 has a well-characterized role in the maturation of many ncRNA precursors. However, the scope and consequence of its function in mRNA degradation pathways is much ...

This valuable study focuses on defining how the HSP70 chaperone system utilizes J-domain proteins to regulate the heat shock response-associated transcription factor HSF1. Using a combination of ...

The human skin hosts a multitude of microorganisms, including fungi that could play a key role in our health. A recent study ...

The ecosystem needs our help and that of our animal friends. Jump in to read about 9 animals that are types of decomposers!

How do organisms adapt to climate change? A new study reveals the complex interplay between genetic diversity and temperature ...

Analysing the gene activity of every single bacterial cell in a colony? A new technique of single-cell transcriptomics developed in W rzburg can do this much more efficiently than other methods ...