New model explains how bacterial promoter elements set gene activity and regulation
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Bacterial promoters are DNA sequences that recruit RNA polymerase to initiate transcription, primarily through two elements called −10 and −35. However, the contributions of these elements to promoter evolution and regulation have remained unclear.
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Climate change is altering patterns of wildfire activity in Alaska, making fires larger and more common in some areas with historically low fire activity.
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Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, arriving just a few weeks after its predecessor. The company claims the new model "works harder" than Gemini 3.7 Flash by performing more reasoning steps on complex tasks and "calling tools iteratively.
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