The direct observation and quantification of G-quadruplex structures formed from DNA in human cells during the cell cycle demonstrate the biological importance of these structures and point towards ...

Like the aglets at the end of your shoelaces, protein-and-DNA assemblies known as telomeres protect the ends of your chromosomes from fraying. In work with potential implications for the development ...

DNA, the genetic material compacted in chromosomes, stores information to regulate all the cell processes in the body. Two decades ago, in addition to the widely known Watson-Crick double helix model ...

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