The protein DNase1 is one of the oldest biological agents in history: It has been on the market since 1958 and is now used, ...

A unique feature of HR is that it repairs the damage to the DNA in a highly accurate way. In eukaryotic cells (those with a ...

Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, ...

In 2012, scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier replicated this mechanism found in microbes to develop a ...

This landmark study describes the structure of the human RAD51 filament with a recombination intermediate called the displacement loop (D-loop). Using cryogenic structural, biochemical, and ...

Researchers have identified how variations in a gene called TRIO can influence brain functions and result in distinct ...

Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, and Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 ...

and phospholipids and cholesterol molecules that contribute to the particle’s structure. Thousands of these four components encapsulate mRNA, shield it from destructive enzymes, and shuttle it ...

Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. The assembly, structure, and stability of DNA nanocages with the shape of truncated octahedra have been studied.