What holds chromosomes together? Structure of DNA-packaging proteins described Date: January 28, 2013 Source: Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry Summary: To ensure that the genetic material is ...

April 25 is DNA Day, commemorating the anniversary of the publication of the structure of DNA. But how has DNA imaging changed since 1953, and what have we learned?

In 1963, Popular Science reported on the Nobel Prize-winning discovery, and Rosalind Franklin⁠—the woman who was left out of the accolades.

Instead of discovering it, Watson and Crick solved the structure of DNA -- one tiny piece of a very large puzzle. Here, we highlight everything that was known before their 1953 paper.

DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA, was the messenger that carries DNA instructions from the double helix in the cell’s nucleus to ...

Explore cytosine, a fundamental base in DNA and RNA, its critical role in gene regulation and epigenetics, and its significance in biotechnology and genetic diseases.

Like DNA, each RNA strand has the same basic structure, composed of nitrogenous bases covalently bound to a sugar-phosphate backbone (Figure 1).