Every living organism falls into one of two groups: eukaryotes or prokaryotes, with cellular structure determining which group an organism belongs to. Prokaryotes are unicellular and lack a nucleus ...

plasmids are found in a few simple eukaryotic organisms. Prokaryotic cell DNA is a single molecule, found free in the cytoplasm; additional DNA is found on one or more rings called plasmids.

The structure and function of key prokaryotic cell structures. Prokaryotes have ribosomes but they are smaller and structurally simpler than those in eukaryotic cells. These non-membrane-bound ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Protein synthesis is vital for life, translating genetic information from DNA to functional proteins through transcription ...

This achievement represents the completion of the global Sc2.0 project to create the world’s first synthetic eukaryotic genome from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker’s yeast) and a new-to ...

Analyzing 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequences allows researchers to elucidate the prokaryotic composition of an environment. In recent years, third-generation sequencing technology has provided ...

This engineered genome will help experts tailor organisms to fit the needs of their ever-changing environments.

Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Life Science, School of Advanced Engineering, Kogakuin University, 2665-1 Nakano-machi, Hachi-oji, Tokyo 192-0015, Japan ...

Alfa Chemistry has made a remarkable stride in the field of synthetic biology with the recent renewal of its oligonucleotide series products. This updated lineup includes a range of advanced ...

While this metabolic pathway is common among prokaryotic bacteria and archaea (which have no nucleus in their cells), it is unusual in eukaryotes (organisms with a nucleus in each cell), that ...

Do the small untranslated RNAs that regulate gene expression in prokaryotes affect pyrophosphate removal? Much as the discovery of decapping led to new discoveries in eukaryotic mRNA decay ...