In living cells, the genetic information in DNA is transcribed to RNA which is then translated to produce a peptide chain of defined sequence 1. In these transcription–translation processes, elaborate ...

Structure-specific endonucleases (SSEs) process various types of DNA secondary structures that arise during DNA replication, repair, recombination and transcription, and are important for the ...

Inspired by origami, researchers have found a way to remotely control the order in which a two-dimensional (2-D) sheet folds itself into a three-dimensional (3-D) structure. The folds are controlled ...

Peptoids, or n-substitued glycines, are complex and diverse oligomeric structures which have been explored for a number of biomimetic applications including drug delivery, surfactants, and catalysts.

Newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) programs accurately predicted the role of DNA's regulatory elements and three-dimensional (3D) structure based solely on its raw sequence, according to ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University and RIKEN CSRS have developed a new analytical platform based on liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and software analysis that ...

Short peptides can self-assemble into net-like structures that kill bacteria. Now, researchers have discovered how to control ...

In Biology 101, we learn that RNA is a single, ribbon-like strand of base pairs that is copied from our DNA and then read like a recipe to build a protein. But there's more to the story. Some RNA ...