Credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/ What is DNA, and how does it work? You don't need a degree in genetics to understand. Here, we'll give an overview of DNA and answer questions ...

DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Each base on one strand of DNA joins its partner base on an opposing strand, so that the base adenine pairs with thymine (A T), and guanine pairs with cytosine (G C).

Each strand has repeating units of a nitrogenous base, deoxyribose sugar, and a phosphate group. There are several interactions present within a strand and between two strands that stabilize the DNA.

Base-stacking is not well-studied in double-stranded DNA. Credit: KTSDESIGN/SPL/Getty Images. Researchers have provided new insights into how bases in a single DNA strand stack on top of each other 1.

Because the sequence of the primer is known, the computer can determine the first base of the cloned DNA strand and then the subsequent 500 bases. Shown here are only a few strands worth of data.

When the complementary DNA strand pairs with the RecA-coated presynaptic single-stranded DNA, it also adopts this extended conformation and is stabilized mainly by base-pairing interactions with ...

Two teams have independently developed new versions of prime editing that can precisely cut out up to 10,000 DNA base pairs at a time ... open a double-strand of DNA and change the ...

It works by rearranging the atoms in a target adenine (A) — one of the four bases that make up DNA — to instead resemble guanine (G), and then tricking cells into fixing the other DNA strand to ...

DNA with three or more base pairs could find broad applications in a number of fields, including biotechnology, medicine, data storage, and security.

Searching for the chemistry of life Study shows possible new way to create DNA base pairs Date: October 2, 2020 Source: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY ...

DNA is the molecular basis of heredity, the inherited traits that pass between generations in a person's family tree. Embodied in the sequence of base pairs, DNA carries information between ...