As imaging tools continue to get more sophisticated, researchers have been able to actually watch biological processes as they are happening in live cells. Scientists have now visualized loops of DNA ...

DNA packaging structure. Animation of chromosomes and chromatin structure with histones. A very interesting video that allows you to focus on the details and see the structure. This image was not ...

Animation of DNA’s knot-like i-motif structure the team mapped in 50,000 locations in the human genome, concentrated in key functional areas including regions that control gene activity Credit must be ...

Integrase is an essential retroviral enzyme that binds both termini of linear viral DNA and inserts them into a host cell chromosome. The structure of full-length retroviral integrase, either ...

The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed by a UCL-led research team. DNA is widely accepted to be formed of two strands that wind around one ...

Francis Crick and James Watson with a model of the DNA molecule At midday on 28 February 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson walked into The Eagle pub in Cambridge and announced “We have discovered ...

The superstructure of a covalently closed circular DNA (of bacteriophage PM 2) was compared by electron microscopy with that of a linear duplex DNA (of bacteriophage T 7) when ionic strength and ...

Short fragments of linear DNA are used for molecular tagging in a variety of industries, from textiles to pharmaceuticals, to provide product authentication and ingredient traceability. Applied DNA ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, a team of researchers evaluated the efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety of a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...