This research topic focuses on the exploration and analysis of alternative nucleic acid structures within microbial systems, ...

In fact, the word "bacteriophage" literally means "bacteria eater," because bacteriophages destroy their host cells. All bacteriophages are composed of a nucleic acid molecule that is surrounded ...

Thus, mirror bacteria could outcompete natural organisms ... community so they don't impede critical work on mirror-image nucleic acids and proteins that could be beneficial to humanity.

Bioengineering professor and The Grainger College of Engineering's Dean, Rashid Bashir, led a team of researchers in a ...

Strep throat, something we've all had at some point in our lives, is caused by the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes. Infection by Streptococcus can be fatal in serious cases and is the leading ...

Nucleic acid unwinding is an essential step in many ... chromosomal initiation in bacteria (W. Messer, Max Planck Institut, Berlin), (ii) replisome organization at the replication fork (K.

The enzyme then uses its nucleic acid joining activity to fuse the element to the PCR product by joining the compatible ends. The resulting linear construct is then amplified via a secondary PCR ...

The study is published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research ... validated ChIP-mini by isolating trace amounts of Salmonella bacteria, a known infectious agent, and quantitatively analyzing ...

A team of researchers has developed a new gene-based technology that offers rapid, highly sensitive detection of multi-dru ...

This is done without the need for nucleic acid amplification. In CRISPR/Cas-based diagnostic tests, guide RNAs bind pathogen DNA or RNA, triggering Cas enzymes to become active and cleave the ...

Professor Rashid Bashir and a research team at the Grainger College of Engineering, Urbana, Illinois have developed a novel ...