Building a chromosome from scratch may sound like science fiction, but scientists have actually done it-and made it work. In ...

Scientists have engineered a chromosome entirely from scratch that will contribute to the production of the world’s first synthetic yeast. Researchers in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB ...

Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and Linköping University in Sweden have discovered how cells prevent ...

To tackle the conundrum, Yingjin Yuan, a professor of biochemical engineering at Tianjin University, turned to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and has designed yeast artificial chromosomes as a ...

In yeast, however, binding of Rad51 to ssDNA ... An alternate hypothesis proposes that homologous chromosomes reside in pairs constitutively. Acting against this hypothesis is the finding that ...

Instead of the linear chromosomes found in mammals, the team crafted a circular chromosome, which is compatible with DNA replication in yeast. They then assembled the HAC inside budding yeast. By ...

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine provides insights into how cells maintain the tiny end caps of chromosomes as they divide, a key process in keeping cells healthy. Using yeast, the ...