Ending a two-decade search, investigators have experimental evidence that two replication forks diverging from a single origin are held together in space. Tomoyuki Tanaka and his colleagues at the ...

DNA replication is happening continuously throughout the body, as many as trillions of times per day. Whenever a cell divides -- whether to repair damaged tissue, replace old cells, or simply to ...

As previously mentioned, the location at which a DNA strand begins to unwind into two separate single strands is known as the origin of replication. As shown in Figure 1, when the double helix ...

The replication fork is more than just a means for DNA duplication. It is connected to a checkpoint system that keeps the genome intact and prevents cancer. Aa Aa Aa Eukaryotic genomes are ...

A study links the loss of DNA methylation across the genome—as is common in cancer—to the disruption of the 3-D compartments that organize the genome and to the timing of DNA replication. Cell lines ...

This process is essential for the proper functioning and survival of all living organisms. DNA replication is the process by which the DNA molecule makes an exact copy of itself during cell division.