The UCL School of Pharmacy has a long history of characterisation of alternative DNA structures, from the first crystal structure of a different DNA structure called a G-quadruplex, in a 2011 ...

The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed by a UCL-led research team. DNA is widely accepted to be formed of two strands that wind around one ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations—referred to as non-B DNA—have been implicated as regulators of cellular ...

Dynamic DNA structures and the formation of memory Date: May 4, 2024 Source: University of Queensland Summary: An international collaborative research team has discovered that G-quadraplex DNA (G4 ...

An unusual DNA structure may hold the key to treating one of the deadliest cancers affecting women, which claims more than ...

Shankar Balasubramanian is thinking beyond DNA’s four-letter code Coinventor of next-generation sequencing has widened his focus to DNA’s large-scale structures and molecular modifications ...

During DNA replication, the classic double helix can temporarily rearrange into an alternative structure known as a DNA three ...

In one fabrication technique—known as DNA origami—a single, long scaffold strand combines with complementary staple strands to form a nanostructure. Researchers have spent the last decade working to ...

Scientists have twisted DNA into programmable nanostructures that form themselves — and could reshape future materials for light, sound, and electronics.

Researchers, led by Penn State biologists, have comprehensively predicted the location of potential non-B DNA structures in the newly available telomere-to-telomere genomes of the great apes.