Researchers have found that the DNA spools inside human cells are far less tightly wound than textbooks have long suggested.

A new technology allows scientists to map, in single cells, the DNA binding sites of transcription factors and other ...

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have created a synthetic cell-like structure that can control the movement of ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...

It's tricky to make an exact copy of yourself. Or at least it is for cells undergoing mitosis, where cells replicate everything inside of them, including their neatly packaged DNA, then split in half.

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold into unusual shapes. Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have now shown ...

They were hardly modest, these two brash young scientists who in 1953 declared to patrons of the Eagle Pub in Cambridge, England, that they had "found the secret of life." But James Watson and Francis ...

Researchers at Genentech Inc. and UC Davis have worked out the structure of the RAD51 complex, which repairs breaks in DNA. When DNA experiences a double-strand break, enzymes trim back one of the two ...

When cells experience sudden physical stress, like stretching or pressure, they can activate a fast, protective mechanism ...

The left-handed spiral of each Z-DNA strand is highlighted on the left. Binding and bonding of the two zinc finger domains (shown in red) from the CTCF protein to Z-DNA (shown in blue). This protein ...