DNA makes RNA, RNA makes protein, protein makes phenotype—was the guiding framework for understanding inheritance and disease ...

Retroviruses insert into the genome of the cell that is transduced and are therefore useful for making stable cell lines, but they can only infect diving cells.

As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds—ticks.

BACKGROUND: Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes is a potentially curative strategy for ischemic heart ...

As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds - ticks.

Scientists have identified a new type of protein in bacteria that could change our understanding of how these organisms interact with their environments.

Retrovirus articles from across Nature Portfolio A retrovirus is an infectious agent belonging to the RNA virus family Retroviridae. These viruses encode a reverse transcriptase enzyme that ...

These findings suggested that active retroviruses and retrovirus-derived retroelements evolved differential expression patterns in ovarian tissues, with retroviruses being active in somatic cells and ...