Non-coding DNA is essential for both humans and trypanosomes, despite the large evolutionary divergence between these two species.

Scientists have discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes. While six years ago they found that these so-called SMC motor proteins make long loops in our DNA, they ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – With 46 chromosomes and six feet of DNA to copy every time most human cells divide, it's not surprising that gaps or breaks sometimes show up in the finished product – especially when ...

Members of Rice's Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) are taking a deep dive into the dynamics of essential proteins that help DNA fold into its compact, functional form in chromosomes.

Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) proteins are essential for successful chromosome transmission during replication and segregation of the genome in all organisms. SMC proteins were thought ...

Like two boxers returning to their corners at the end of a round, it is the imperative of duplicated chromosomes to segregate to opposite sides of a cell during cell division. But within this process ...

When cells divide, replicated chromosomes carrying DNA separate and move to daughter cells. This process of chromosome segregation is essential in all domains of life to ensure each daughter cell ...

Changes in genes have been linked to the development of different diseases for a while. However, it's not exactly clear what ...

Scientists from the Kavli Institute of Delft University of Technology and the IMP Vienna Biocenter discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes. While six years ago ...