If you are anything like us, whenever you plan a journey, you spend a remarkable amount of time thinking about the start and ...

Cells have evolved careful checks to ensure DNA is copied only once, but how they switch on replication at the right moment ...

DNA replication in differentiated cells follows a defined program, but when and how it is established during mammalian development is not known. Here we show using single-cell sequencing, that late ...

A protein that is involved in determining which enzymes cut or unwind DNA during the replication process has been identified in a new study. In a new paper published in Nature Communications, an ...

The DNA packed inside every human cell contains instructions for life, written in billions of letters of genetic code. Every time a cell divides, the complete code, divided among 46 chromosomes, must ...

Endosymbiosis of photosynthetic cyanobacterium into nonphotosynthetic eukaryotes led to the emergence of plastids 1,2. Based on their morphology and function, the plastids can be divided into ...