Scientists show DNA polymerases can build long, patterned DNA without a template, opening new paths for synthetic biology and ...

A cancer drug target already being investigated in clinical trials turns out to be doing something even more consequential ...

A mitochondrial enzyme, Ak4, strengthens immune defense by promoting mitochondrial DNA synthesis and enhancing macrophage ...

Some of your most important life partners are the mitochondria that power all your cells. You and these little cellular ...

Researchers have identified a physical process called “mitochondrial pearling” that explains how cells keep their ...

Researchers in France and Japan have transmitted what they describe as the first DNA-encrypted message between laboratories, ...

Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is increasingly recognized as a precursor state that predisposes individuals to myeloid malignancies ...

Scientists have discovered that a protein once thought to simply help load a factor necessary for the copying of DNA, actually plays a key role in ensuring fast and reliable replication—an insight ...

DNA replication is a semi-conservative process in which half of the newly synthesized strands (daughters) are derived from the original strands (mothers). The confirmation of semi-conservative ...

DNA is the blueprint of life, but how much do you know about it?Dr_Microbe DNA serves as the blueprint of life for every species. We already know a good deal about DNA and how genetics works. But here ...

This valuable paper describes the crystal structure of a complex of the Sld3-Cdc45-binding domain (CBD) with Cdc45, which is essential for the assembly of an active Cdc45-MCM-GINS (CMG) double-hexamer ...