Bacterial transcription is a production line of copying over genetic instructions from double stranded DNA to produce RNA, which is then used for the subsequent production of proteins that the ...

Heme binding to a bacterial transcription factor is critical for hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) signaling, report researchers from Japan. Heme binding promotes the reaction of H 2 S with the transcription ...

Gene expression is linked to RNA transcription, which cannot happen without RNA polymerase. However, this is where the similarities between prokaryote and eukaryote expression end. Central to the ...

The common commensal gut bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron uses phase separation of the transcription termination factor Rho to colonize and thrive in the mammalian gut, according to a new study ...

Just like us, bacteria are under constant threat of infection by viruses (called phages). We’ve found that many bacteria are armed with sophisticated viral defence systems powered by reverse ...

Researchers showed that the way in which genes are turned on and off as bacteria grow provide clues to their regulation. Bacterial infections cause millions of deaths each year, with the global threat ...

A team of researchers has found a way to turn the bacteria living in the digestive tracts of animals into factories that can ...

Scientists at Yale report that they have uncovered a novel mechanism by which “good” bacteria colonize the gut. The microbes that inhabit the gut are critical for human health, and understanding the ...