Cells are constantly subjected to DNA damage from a range of internal and environmental sources. It is estimated that cells ...

Researchers discovered a previously unknown function of RNA, potentially opening the door to new ways to treat cancer and ...

Disrupting the G-loop cycle causes transcriptome dysregulation and genome instability, revealing key role in cell survival and homeostasis.

Science is for all of us and by all of us—it is humanity’s never-ending story, and it should be honored and protected.

Cannabis has been a globally important crop for millennia. While best known today as marijuana for its psychoactive cannabinoid THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), historically, cannabis has been a ...

Certain DNA sequences can adopt structures that differ from the familiar double helix. These alternative conformations ... of copies of the same short sequence back-to-back along a chromosome,” said ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative ... same short sequence back-to-back along a chromosome,” said Linnéa Smeds, a postdoctoral ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations ... (from top to bottom), and illustrations of representative chromosomes (right) ...

These findings help us better understand the structure and function of our chromosomes. They also provide insight into how disruption of twisted DNA looping can affect health—for instance, in ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative ... process central to sexual reproduction, all chromosomes must figure out where to destroy ...

This organization can be explained by weak interactions between nucleosomes, which are the repetitive blocks that fold the DNA double helix. An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes ...