Cohesin is a protein that forms a ring-shaped complex which wraps and alters the DNA molecule shape. It moves through the DNA ...

At some point, RNA must have replicated itself before the evolutionary arrival of DNA and proteins, and now we might know how ...

Most proteins are left-handed, but scientists have found an ancient molecule that works in both mirror-image forms.

Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, and Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003 Article Views are the ...

A unique feature of HR is that it repairs the damage to the DNA in a highly accurate way. In eukaryotic cells (those with a ...

Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, ...

Contribution from the Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, ...

In 2012, scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier replicated this mechanism found in microbes to develop a ...

This landmark study describes the structure of the human RAD51 filament with a recombination intermediate called the displacement loop (D-loop). Using cryogenic structural, biochemical, and ...

Researchers have identified how variations in a gene called TRIO can influence brain functions and result in distinct ...

Those expecting a tense, suspense-laden page-turner on the lines of The Devotion of Suspect X are likely to find Invisible ...