A research team at the University of Würzburg has deciphered another aspect of poxviral gene activation. They have revealed a ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has deciphered another aspect of poxviral gene activation. The study reveals a unique viral mechanism: a molecular ring anchors the viral copying machine ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a fundamental molecular biology tool that scientists use to amplify and analyze genetic material, such as DNA and RNA. PCR involves the enzymatic amplification of ...

There’s been this dream for decades. What if we could just print out an entire gene directly, one base at a time? —Daniel Lin-Arlow, Ansa Biotechnologies As scientists set their sights on cell and ...

DNA polymerase θ (POLθ) is a specialized, error-prone DNA polymerase that promotes the repair of DNA double-strand breaks through theta-mediated end joining (TMEJ), an alternative pathway that ...

DNA can be regarded as an extensive library that contains all genetic information. Cells do not utilize this information simultaneously.

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During that process, enzymes known as polymerases race along the DNA to copy its ...