Just as the yin-yang symbol is embedded in Korea’s national flag, these base pairs define the very structure of DNA. When the encoded information needs to be expressed, the double-helix unwinds ...

Scientists found that fast-evolving DNA shaped human brain development but might also increase risks for mental disorders.

How do we define sequence motifs ... How do we search for new instances of a motif in this sea of DNA? Sequence motifs are short, recurring patterns in DNA that are presumed to have a biological ...

The development of biocomputers that use strands of nucleic acid to perform rapid parallel computations and human-like robots with artificial intelligence, such as Sophia, are exciting technological ...

The TATA box is able to define the direction of transcription and also indicates the DNA strand to be read. Proteins called transcription factors can bind to the TATA box and recruit an enzyme ...