When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...
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New ultra-detailed imaging exposes the hidden structure and behavior of chromatin condensates — and hints at how their ...
A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.
Inside human cells, biology has pulled off the ultimate packing job, figuring out how to fit six feet of DNA into a nucleus ...
Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...
Rosalind Franklin was a brilliant physical chemist whose X-ray diffraction work revealed the structure of DNA with ...
When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key repair process called homologous recombination, the cell uses loops in its ...