Discovery of how a key enzyme of the spliceosome exerts its controlling function
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 12:00
in Biology & Nature
To sustain life, processes in biological cells have to be strictly controlled both in time and in space. Researchers have elucidated a previously unknown mechanism that regulates one of the essential processes accompanying gene expression in higher organisms. In humans, errors in this control mechanism can lead to blindness.