Sperm and egg cells are exceptional because they have only one copy of the genome each, not two ... the DNA. The temperature in this phase is lowered to around 60º C. Next, another molecule ...

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For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event ...

Researchers from the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science have developed an AI-based method that accelerates ...

PARP7 is a mono-ADP-ribosyl transferase (mono-ART) which has recently gained attention due to its emerging role as a negative ...

This study provides compelling evidence that kinesin's stepping mechanism is governed by strain-induced conformational changes in its nucleotide-binding pockets. Using pre-steady state kinetics and ...

Penn Engineers have derived potent new antibiotics from a frog's secretions. The new molecules demonstrated capabilities on ...

When one free radical "steals" an electron from a molecule, that molecule becomes a free radical because it's missing an electron. That cycle continues and makes more free radicals. Oxidative stress ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen,�reveal today in Nature Genetics associations between rare loss-of-function variants in two genes and bipolar disorder. Significant progress has ...

In this article, we discuss transformation, bacterial transformation in particular, and how scientists can utilize it to ...