Microtubules perform an active role in communication within the cell by transmitting received signals to the cell's ...

Viruses and their hosts—whether bacteria, animals, or humans—are locked in a constant evolutionary arms race. Cells evolve ...

Nucleotide excision repair is a process that repairs damage to one strand of the DNA, particularly from UV irradiation, which distorts the DNA helix. The DNA flanking the damage site is cleaved to ...

Nucleotide-binding proteins are proteins that bind to nucleotides. For example, kinases bind adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and G proteins bind guanosine triphosphate (GTP). Other nucleotide-binding ...

Fluorogenic DNA aptamers produce light only in the correct structural state, enabling programmable molecular logic, ...

Evo’s success wasn’t limited to proteins. When they tested a different toxin that had an RNA-based inhibitor, the system ...

Using 150 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers across 252 tea accessions from India and China, researchers identified ...

Space communications expert, Alexandra Doten, has explained what the discovery of a gum-like substance on an asteroid 63 ...

The primary task of scientists, the Harvard educators believe, is asking the right questions, because AI can answer even difficult queries if they are well-posed; being fearless and willing to fail, ...

Background Chronic stress is a known risk factor for cancer metastasis. However, the underlying mechanisms, particularly ...