This way DNA can reproduce itself without changing its structure -- except for occasional errors, or mutations. The structure so perfectly fit the experimental data that it was almost immediately ...

Inside every human cell, 2 meters of DNA is crammed into a nucleus that is only one-hundredth of a millimeter in diameter.To ...

Earlier that morning, in the nearby Cavendish laboratory, the two scientists had discovered the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA. This discovery changed the world of science and medicine ...

Early DNA Organization is Robust and FlexibleWhen the egg and sperm fuse, a comprehensive reorganization of DNA begins within ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The famous X-ray diffraction photograph of DNA taken by Rosalind Franklin, known as photograph 51.

But James Watson and Francis Crick's claim was a valid one, for they had in fact discovered the structure of DNA, the chemical that encodes instructions for building and replicating almost all ...

A fiber sensor inspired by the shape of DNA, developed by researchers at Shinshu University, introduces a new design for more ...

can fold into a DNA structure called a G-quadruplex, or G4 for short, which is more compact than normal DNA. Using ...

Both single- and double-stranded DNA features interact with RAD52 and hold the structure in place, allowing the team to obtain a detailed 3D structure of the whole protein-DNA complex.

An international research team has provided a detailed insight into how the spatial organization of genetic material is established in the cell nucleus of early embryos within the first hours after ...