During DNA packaging, long pieces of double-stranded DNA are tightly ... eukaryotic DNA and the histone proteins that hold it together in a coiled form is called chromatin. DNA can be further ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

This experiment demonstrated that H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 form a discrete protein octamer ... In other words, a piece of DNA that is 1 meter long will become a "string-of-beads" chromatin fiber ...

Within the nucleus of every cell are long strings of DNA ... Combinations of these atoms form the sugar-phosphate backbone of the DNA -- the sides of the ladder, in other words.

Axcienetiosts say they have found the key to longevity after studying the DNA of as woman who lived to 117. Maria Branyas Morera had some very healthy habits that helped her live so long.

Diseases like Alzheimer’s — an advanced form of dementia — are ... indicating that DNA strands had been repaired and the rodents’ long-term memories of electric shocks were formed.

requiring only two ODNs to form. In total, just 68 nucleotides were needed for DNA hydrogel formation—markedly less than the hexapodna-based DNA hydrogel composed of 12 different 40-base long ...