This base-to-base bonding is not random ... and Francis Crick were pursuing a definitive model for the stable structure of DNA inside cell nuclei. Watson and Crick ultimately used Franklin's ...

Note how its structure resembles a twisted ladder. Note also that DNA with a "left-handed" twist, as this has, is a special kind of DNA known as Z-DNA. The DNA molecule is made up of four bases ...

Scientists still needed to figure out this molecule's structure to be sure ... Chargaff found that the arrangement of nitrogen bases in DNA varied widely, but the amount of certain bases always ...

Laying the Groundwork: Levene Investigates the Structure of DNA Meanwhile ... components of a single nucleotide (phosphate-sugar-base); the first to discover the carbohydrate component of RNA ...

Each gene has a particular order of bases in the DNA, and this leads to a particular order of amino acids which create a specific protein. Although many characteristics are controlled by multiple ...

The central part of each nucleosome (core particle) is a cylindrical structure (5.7 nanometers in height and 11 in diameter) ...

DNA is a complex molecule that consists of two strands coiled around each other to form a double helix structure. Comparison of a single ... and correct different types of DNA damage, such as base ...

Researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.

The discovery of the structure of DNA together with an increasing ... Incredibly, the four base strands in DNA are responsible for the whole variety of life on Earth. Humans, bacteria and mammoths ...