The G-loop acts like a landing pad for additional proteins. These proteins untie the G4 knot, break apart the G-loop and ...

Not all DNA looks like the familiar twisted ladder. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes. One such ...

Not all DNA looks like the familiar twisted ladder. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes. One such structure, the ...

Historically, researchers focused on the role of sperm characteristics in fertilization success, but now female factors and cooperative processes are gaining recognition.

This optical tool could help advance and guide the design of synthetic cells and life-like cellular functions for wound healing and drug delivery. Starfish have long been used as classical models for ...

This suggested that 5fC likely acts as an activating epigenetic mark in both mammals and frogs. The revelation that 5fC is an activating epigenetic regulator on DNA raises many questions as to how ...

But when a human egg splits--first into 2, then 4, then 8, 16, 32, 64, and so on--it embarks on a venture that will, over the next nine months, produce descendant cells with a huge variety of shapes ...

Tumors, organoids and cell lines that can indefinitely divide in a petri dish, like HeLa cells, are not considered part of the third state because they do not develop new functions.

Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow Dr Jenny Gallop is studying the actin cytoskeleton, a system of long filaments that are vital in embryonic development - and frogs play a key role.. Gallop wants ...

In a feat aimed at understanding how cells move and creating new ways to ... 'Synthetic' cell shown to follow chemical directions and change shape, a vital biological function (2024 ...