Researchers have revealed new details about the CRISPR-Cas5-HNH/Cascade complex, a variant of the type I-E CRISPR-Cas system, ...

Innovative Takumi-shaped DNA hydrogels exhibit prolonged retention and drug release, showcasing their potential as ...

First, in addition to alignment-based homology searches that rely on conserved functional motifs, emerging structural data on the different families of DNA polymerases will facilitate structure ...

A study published in Nature Communications and conducted by researchers from the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed new ...

This selective gene expression, which differentiates a brain cell from a skin cell, is regulated by the three-dimensional structure ... components: A deep learning model trained to analyze DNA ...

Counter-intuitively, cyclization probability (j-factor) of very short DNA loops is predicted to increase with decreasing loop length; the j-factor reaches its minimum for loops of ≃ 45 base pairs ...

This area of research, clinical paleogenomics, is still in its ... structure of the brain in regions related to visual processing and socialization. Specifically, people with more Neandertal DNA ...

Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...

Adenoviruses (AdVs) are icosahedral viruses with double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genomes. Genome packaging in AdV is thought to be similar ... Our understanding of the role of various components of the ...

Attempts to do so have relied on chemicals that damage the DNA structure or strategies that capture only short stretches of DNA, preventing a comprehensive picture. In a new study published in ...

By Balambal Suryanarayanan CRISPR-Cas9 is a repurposed gene editing tool that allows scientists to cut, replace, and insert pieces of DNA in precise regions along the strand. Courtesy of NIH Image ...

In human cells, only a small proportion of the information written in genes is used to produce proteins. How does the cell ...