Scientists say their work on a critical step in DNA replication will provide new insights into a fundamental process of life and driver of many different diseases, including cancer. They report ...

For a cell to divide, all the DNA inside the cell (the genome) must first be copied, in a process called DNA replication.

Chen says the SV40 model may help researchers learn to prevent viruses from hijacking the DNA replication process. To get there, many other steps of DNA replication still need to be understood, such ...

Igoshin and Narula used a mathematical model of the network to show that this type of gene arrangement could account for spikes in Spo0A activity after each round of DNA replication.

The process, researchers found, is much more dynamic than previously realized. Scientists hope their continued study of DNA replication can help them better understand how mistakes occur, as well ...

The exact moment DNA starts to unravel has been seen by scientists for the first time, exposing a chemical process that is essential for DNA to be the molecule that codes for all life.

The proteins that drive DNA replication—the force behind cellular growth and reproduction—are some of the most complex machines on Earth. The multistep replication process involves hundreds of ...

A protein that prepares DNA for replication also prevents the replication process from running out of control, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

That process starts at defined DNA sites, so-called origins of replication. To find these areas of the genome, cells use a protein machine called the origin recognition complex, or ORC.