Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

This important study explores the interplay between gene dosage and gene mutations in the evolution of antibiotic resistance. The authors provide solid evidence to connect proteostasis with gene ...

This useful study examines the function of the rnc gene, which encodes the RNase III ribonuclease, as it relates to virulence of Salmonella Enteritidis. The authors demonstrate that the rnc gene is ...

Protein engineering is a powerful biotechnological process that focuses on creating new enzymes or proteins and improving the functions of existing ones by manipulating their natural macromolecular ...

Our primary goal was to develop two real-time multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for simultaneous detection of ...

These first microbes would have been extremely simple. Meanwhile, viruses degrade more easily than bacteria, so there are no physical fossils of viruses. Related: What was the first animal on Earth?

The GenDx NGSgo-X11-3 handbook states that the PCR master mix and amplification primers for each long-range PCR mix were combined. Each mix (A, B, and C) amplifies various HLA genes (Table 1 ...

Researchers have engineered bacteria as personalized cancer vaccines that activate the immune system to specifically seek out and destroy cancer cells. Columbia researchers have engineered ...

I realized that a lot of the methods that we’re using, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and bacterial transformations, are methods I had used before but never wondered where the DNA sequences ...

These effects can ultimately disturb the microecological balance of plants. Studies have shown that fungicide usage can reduce bacterial community abundance in leaf tissue at the family and genus ...