One of the mechanisms by which polyadenylation may contribute to the regulation of gene expression (on paper, at least) involves gene pairs that are situated near each other and transcribed convergent… more →
The RNA UnderworldArthur Hunt wrote 7 months ago: One of the mechanisms by which polyadenylation may contribute to the regulation of gene expression ( … more →
Arthur Hunt wrote 8 months ago: Earlier, I described studies of the so-called SOC1 and FUL genes of Arabidopsis, genes that when mut … more →
Arthur Hunt wrote 9 months ago: Awhile ago, I discussed a flurry of papers in Science that showed some curious aspects of transcript … more →
Arthur Hunt wrote 10 months ago: While my yard is recovering from the ice, and I from today’s UK game, I thought I would toss o … more →
Arthur Hunt wrote 1 year ago: A group of interesting papers popped up on ScienceExpress this past week. These papers (by Core et … more →
Arthur Hunt wrote 1 year ago: As noted in this earlier essay, the poly(A) tail collaborates with the 5′-end of the mRNA (the … more →
Arthur Hunt wrote 1 year ago: The first reflex when coming across the title of this blog is, most likely, that it is a blog that m … more →
Arthur Hunt wrote 1 year ago: … of the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award are Victor Ambros, David Baulcombe, and Ga … more →
Arthur Hunt wrote 1 year ago: One of the themes that keeps popping up here is that of nucleases. I thought I would post an adapta … more →
Arthur Hunt wrote 1 year ago: In previous essays (here and here), we learned that genes encoding new proteins can and do, often, a … more →
Arthur Hunt wrote 1 year ago: (Introductory remark – this is another repost of a Panda’s Thumb essay, included on this … more →
Arthur Hunt wrote 1 year ago: (Introductory comment – this is a verbatim repost of an essay originally published on The Pand … more →