A University of Iowa-led study has revealed the unexpected structure adopted by the DNA repair protein RAD52 as it binds and ...

Kanazawa University and colleagues have achieved a breakthrough in understanding sperm DNA packaging. Using high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM), they captured the real-time process of ...

Histones are a family of basic proteins that associate with DNA in the nucleus and help condense it into chromatin. Nuclear DNA does not appear in free linear strands; it is highly condensed and ...

This led us to propose a model (Fig. 6) for MukB-mediated DNA condensation that was distinct from the prevailing view arguing that SMC proteins condense DNA by topologically trapping the DNA in the ...

In living organisms, every protein—a type of biological polymer consisting of hundreds of amino acids—carries out specific ...

This process is mutagenic and can give rise to cancer. LA JOLLA, CA—DNA repair proteins act like the body’s editors, constantly finding and reversing damage to our genetic code. Researchers ...

This complex is called chromatin and is formed when the DNA wraps around nuclear proteins and then wraps around itself multiple times to condense the DNA into a smaller volume. Additionally ...

A breakthrough in safely delivering therapeutic DNA to cells could transform treatment for millions suffering from common ...

So how does protein synthesis make hair? If you've looked at the activity (or even the text version of the activity), you know how a section of DNA instructs a cell how to make a protein.

A study led by Prof. Liu Feng from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a crucial role ...

This process of protein synthesis occurs in two stages - transcription and translation. When a gene is to be expressed, the base sequence of DNA is copied or transcribed into mRNA (messenger RNA).

DNA repair proteins act like the body's editors, constantly finding and reversing damage to our genetic code. Researchers have long struggled to understand how cancer cells hijack one of these ...