During DNA replication, the classic double helix can temporarily rearrange into an alternative structure known as a DNA three-way junction (3WJ). These configurations form a well-defined central ...

"When Watson and Crick described the DNA double helix, they were looking at a tiny part of a real genome, only about one turn of the double helix," University of Leeds researcher Sarah Harris says ...

Dr Harris said: "When Watson and Crick described the DNA double helix, they were looking at a tiny part of a real genome, only about one turn of the double helix. This is about 12 DNA 'base pairs ...

DNA doesn't just coil in the iconic double helix immortalized in every high school biology textbook. It also loops into a menagerie of fantastical shapes, new research finds.

A DNA double helix is made of two strands running in opposite directions. ... "It's a real paradigm shift, and undermines a great deal of what's in the textbooks," he said in an earlier statement.

The double-helix structure has practically become synonymous with DNA, but it isn't the only way long strands of genetic information squeeze themselves into a tight space. When a double-strand of DNA ...

How DNA finds its match Date: February 8, 2012 Source: University of California - Davis Summary: It's been more than 50 years since James Watson and Francis Crick showed that DNA is a double helix ...

It's worth mentioning again and again: a tremendous amount of information on the Internet is wrong. This epidemic of incorrectness extends to the very structure of DNA: the double helix. That's right, ...

For Gasser, the iconic image of DNA as a static double helix is somewhat passé: she's now fascinated with the significance of its endless acrobatics. “The way I think about DNA is different ...

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 ...

If you've seen a representation of a DNA molecule, you've seen the double helix, in which two strands of genetic material are wound together and linked by bonds. In the laboratory, scientists have ...

The double helix shape is commonly seen inside living organisms, but this is the first time it has been observed in the cosmos. "Nobody has ever seen anything like that before in the cosmic realm ...