In bacteria, to start DNA replication, two replisomes attach to the DNA at a set origin point and head in opposite directions along the loop of DNA, copying DNA until they meet on the other side.

Unexpected slowdowns or spikes in this signal were often interpreted as knots in DNA. But now, a new study published Aug. 12 ...

New model for replication of BKPyV virus, a major cause of kidney transplant failure Date: December 6, 2024 Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham Summary: BK polyomavirus, or BKPyV, is a ...

For decades, scientists believed that DNA strands under stress would form knots ... cells and what role it might play in ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a common virus linked to birth defects and chronic illness manipulates ...

In a study published in Current Biology on August 14, Prof. Miao Wei's team at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the ...

According to this model, origins of DNA replication help to establish domains of gene expression for the generation of cell diversity.

Combining long-read DNA sequencing with a predictive artificial intelligence model has provided new insights into DNA replication.

DNA Replication: Within the nucleus of every cell are long strings of DNA, the code that holds all the information needed to make and control every cell within a living organism.

DNA Day is held on April 25 to commemorate the publishing of the scientific papers that described the helical structure of the DNA molecule ...