This both regulates telomerase activity and protects chromosome ends from damaging repairs," said ... The new insights could ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

For chromosomes to form the iconic X-shape that ensures the accurate passing of genetic information during cell division, a ...

To prepare the 46 chromosomes of a human cell for transport ... led by Andreas Brunner and recently published in the Journal of Cell Biology, shows that the nested loop mechanism is fundamental ...

To prepare the 46 chromosomes of a human cell for transport ... led by Andreas Brunner and recently published in the Journal of Cell Biology, shows that the nested loop mechanism is fundamental ...

The biological research of UC Santa Cruz’s Needhi Bhalla to determine the molecular motions at the heart of heredity has ...

Could we reeducate the immune system to clear cells with abnormal chromosome numbers? To address these critical questions, my laboratory at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center has employed an ...

Thus, in her experiments, McClintock observed several fundamental properties of chromosome biology; specifically, she noticed that cells do not tolerate the presence of unprotected chromosome ends ...

Chromosomes that lack centromeres segregate ... Given the large amount of current research interest in centromere biology, it seems likely that the centromere has a few more surprises in store ...

Bioinformaticians have established that the genes in bacterial genomes are arranged in a meaningful order. They describe that the genes are arranged by function: If they become increasingly important ...

The Montana Legislature has passed a bill that aims to clearly define the sex of an individual as only male or female based on their biology.