Unexpected slowdowns or spikes in this signal were often interpreted as knots in DNA. But now, a new study published Aug. 12 ...

DNA doesn’t knot under stress. A new study finds it coils into plectonemes, reshaping models of genome mechanics. For decades ...

Broken DNA strands are usually associated with cancer, and inflammation is linked to aging. But a new study in mice suggests that breaking and repairing DNA in neurons paves the way for long-lasting ...

The visible effects of ageing on our body are in part linked to invisible changes in gene activity. The epigenetic process of ...

Now, for the first time, EMBL scientists have directly observed this process in high resolution under the microscope using a new chromatin tracing method. The new study shows that the long DNA ...

The ensuing study, published in Nature Communications on October 26, 2024, reveals a delicate "Goldilocks" zone—a specific magnesium concentration range—where DNA wraps around polyP-magnesium ...

DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives I n 1957, just four years after Francis Crick ...

Researchers explore a basic building block used in the fabrication of many DNA nanoforms. Known as a Holliday junction, this nexus of two segments of double stranded DNA has been used to form ...

DNA incorporating Diaminopurine is called Z-DNA. We've known since 1979 that it exists in nature in the form of a single virus called S-2L, which infects cyanobacteria.

Scientists at Kyoto University have uncovered a hidden protein complex that organizes DNA in sperm stem cells, a discovery ...