Genes exist in most cells. Inside a cell is a long strand of the chemical DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). A DNA sequence is a specific lineup of chemical base pairs along its strand. The part of DNA ...

In a new work appearing online Wednesday in the journal Nature, a Duke University team has determined that retrotransposons hijack a little-known piece of the cell’s DNA repair function to close ...

Researchers have mapped 50,000 of DNA's mysterious "knots" in the human genome. The innovative study of DNA's hidden structures may open up new approaches ... on the same DNA strand pair with ...

DNA replication is the process by which the DNA molecule makes an exact copy of itself during cell division. The double helix unwinds, and each strand serves as a template for the synthesis of a new ...

Innovative study of DNA's hidden structures may open up new approaches for treatment ... They form when stretches of cytosine letters on the same DNA strand pair with each other, creating a ...

Now Rockefeller University's Funabiki lab, in close collaboration ... trillions of cells that make up the human body. Careful replication and segregation of the DNA molecule, packaged into ...

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Now Rockefeller University's Funabiki lab, in close collaboration ... trillions of cells that make up the human body. Careful replication and segregation of the DNA molecule, packaged into ...

The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office plans to test DNA from a hair found on a wipe that was pulled from the throat of a ...