Luciferase is a generic term for the class of oxidative enzymes used in bioluminescence and is distinct from a photoprotein. Luciferase has been used as a sensitive reporter for studying gene regulation and function. Luciferase provides a 1000-fold increase in sensitivity in comparison to the standa...
According to the Scientific Report, researchers have developed a new, single molecule test for detecting methylated DNA.
DNA Methylationis abiochemicalprocess that involves the addition of amethyl groupto thecytosineoradenineDNAnucleotides. Through this way, it regulates gene expressionincell...
People have known that protein MX1 can suppress the replication of RNA and DNA viruses, HIV-1 in human body, for example for many years, but MX2 was ineffective against influenza virus.
Now two reports revealed on Nature that protein MX2 also has the similar but different ...
