Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations—referred ...

Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular ...

The last few years have provided us with a new level of understanding of how chromosomes are replicated, segregated and read - and how their 3D organisation influences expression of individual genes ...

Accordingly, their position influences how their activity changes with the growth rate. Are genes distributed randomly along the bacterial chromosome, as if scattered from a salt shaker? This opinion, ...

Are genes distributed randomly along the bacterial chromosome, as if scattered from a salt shaker? This opinion, which is held by a majority of researchers, has now been disputed by a team of ...