In a new study, researchers at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have used a novel imaging technique to pinpoint how strongly adjacent bases – the building blocks of ...

Researchers have provided new insights into how bases in a single DNA strand stack on top of each other 1. This may open up possibilities for building complex nanodevices and deciphering fundamental ...

FROM A STRUCTURAL point of view, the molecules that make up liquid crystals tend to resemble supermodels: They're long and lean. A team of researchers in Italy and Colorado has now demonstrated that ...

Artificial intelligence has just redrawn the map of our genome’s control room, revealing hundreds of thousands of tiny DNA ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...

There are four bases: Adenine and Guanine (purines); Cytosine and Thymine (Pyrimidines). Purines have two carbon-nitrogen rings while pyrimidines have a single carbon-nitrogen ring. Thus, there are ...

DNA bases have a natural tendency to adhere to one another, a characteristic that has been measured in the context of this study. Credit: Ayushi Amin Dey DNA bases have a natural tendency to adhere to ...