Despite the immense amount of genetic material present in each cell, around 3 billion base pairs in humans, this material ...

Despite the immense amount of genetic material present in each cell, around three billion base pairs in humans, this material ...

In its effort to correlate genomic structure with gene function, the 4D Nucleome Consortium (4DN), led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., ...

When you think of a chromosome, you might imagine an X-shaped structure. But chromosomes take this shape only during cell division; the rest of the time, they adopt a structure that looks amorphous ...

Despite the immense amount of genetic material present in each cell, around three billion base pairs in humans, this material needs to ...

Despite the immense amount of genetic material present in each cell, around three billion base pairs in humans, this material ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich recently explained the role of a molecular complex that orchestrates the production of proteins in our cells. They now show that this complex also controls the processing of ...

Eight histones assemble into so-called nucleosomes, around which DNA is wrapped and thereby compacted. Chemical modification of these proteins while they are being synthesized is crucial for proper ...

The protein factories in our cells – so-called ribosomes – have a central task: during a process known as translation, amino acids are linked together according to messenger RNA, forming a growing ...

Scientists with the ambitious Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project think they have potentially snagged a sample of DNA from the ...

Broccoli delivers its strongest health impact when both stems and florets are eaten together, each contributing unique ...