DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA, was the messenger that carries DNA instructions from the double helix in the cell’s nucleus to ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

Some DNA sequences act to enhance the crystallization process of these forms, while 6 of the 36 Holliday junction variants were deemed "fatal" due to their failure to form crystals.

A research team at Kyoto University has discovered STAG3-cohesin, a new mitotic cohesin complex that helps establish the ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means ...

But our genes are stored in the form of DNA. So, this DNA first needs to be converted into RNA. In technical lingo, this is called transcription. Why the need for this act of genetic alchemy?

A new study demonstrates how a unique form of four-stranded DNA, recently seen in human cells, has been found to interact with a gene that causes Cockayne syndrome when faulty.