Every day, billions of cells in your body divide, helping to replace old and injured cells with new ones. And each time this ...

Researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

Univ Brest, Ifremer, Biologie et Ecologie des Ecosystèmes Marins Profonds (BEEP), Plouzané, France In my opinion, these discoveries challenge the “classical” models of DNA replication. Archaea are not ...

Conjugation is a form of horizontal gene transfer that allows the exchange of genetic material between two organisms or cells ...

Researchers have uncovered mechanisms by which mobile genetic elements integrate into the chromosomes of bacteria with linear genomes.

From the Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University. Supported by a grant (GB 4647) from the National Science Foundation. Select the format you want to ...

This intricate system of DNA replication, protein synthesis and cellular processes — all based on long strings of molecules linked by carbon atoms — is fundamental to life on Earth.