"The importance of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) within living cells is undisputed ... published shortly after the announcement of their proposed structure for the genetic material, has proven ...

Nucleic acids are complex biological molecules that store and transmit ... to form the iconic double helix structure. RNA is usually single-stranded but can form complex secondary structures through ...

Our research focuses on all aspects of nucleic acid structure, chemistry and function employing state of the art technologies and approaches. The structure and chemistry of nucleic acids is ...

not nucleic acid, but by the late 1940s, DNA was largely accepted as the genetic molecule. Scientists still needed to figure out this molecule's structure to be sure, and to understand how it worked.

As early as 1943 Oswald Avery proved what had been suspected: that DNA, a nucleic acid, carries genetic information ... a shadow picture of the molecule's structure, by how the X-rays bounced ...

This schematic shows the secondary structure of two aptamers. The complex shapes formed by base pairing (black lines connecting G-C and A-T bases) allow aptamers to bind their targets with high ...

The goal of my research is to understand the mechanisms and structures of enzymes that perform and regulate essential nucleic acid transactions. My research integrates diverse experimental approaches ...