With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

A new study captures RNA polymerase II in real time, revealing how it accelerates, pauses and shifts speed as it reads DNA.

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

Researchers have identified a stress-activated control mechanism that helps breast cancer cells reshape gene activity to ...

Multicellular cyanobacteria do something strikingly sophisticated with their DNA, toggling key genes on and off as day turns ...

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing RNA in eukaryotic cells and eventually giving rise to proteins.