Unusual 'Quadruple Helix' Structure in DNA May Be Behind Rare Aging Syndrome
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The double-helix structure has practically become synonymous with DNA, but it isn't the only way long strands of genetic…
The double-helix structure has practically become synonymous with DNA, but it isn't the only way long strands of genetic…
© Thomas Splettstoesser/Wikimedia Commons Reconstruction of human telomere DNA quadruplex.
Two thin strands wound together in a spiraling helix: This is the iconic shape of a DNA molecule.
The human genome is usually formed as a double helix, but DNA can assume other configurations such as the four-stranded…
Four stranded DNA structures—known as G-quadruplexes—have been shown to play a role in certain types of breast cancer for the…
In 1953, Cambridge researchers Francis Crick and James Watson co-authored a study published in the journal Nature which showed…
Four stranded DNA structures - known as G-quadruplexes - have been shown to play a role in certain types of breast cancer for…
Earlier this year, scientists identified the existence of a brand new DNA structure never before seen in living cells.
Credit: Nature Chemistry In DNA, guanine-guanine links (red) form G-quadruplexes, and connections between cytosines and…
Credit: Nature Chemistry In DNA, guanine-guanine links (red) form G-quadruplexes, and connections between cytosines and…
© Dinger et al Artist's impression of the various shapes of DNA to be found. A team of Australian researchers at Sydney's…
For the first time, scientists have identified the existence of a new DNA structure never before seen in living cells.
For the first time, scientists have identified the existence of a new DNA structure never before seen in living cells.
Contrary to biological dogma, it appears human DNA can sometimes form a quadruple helix.
DNA has been called many things: the king of molecules, the blueprint of life, and less excitingly but perhaps more accurately…
The odd structures, called G-quadruplexes, may aid personalized medicine.
The classic double helix has been joined by a four-stranded version that may play a role in cancer
The classic double helix has been joined by a four-stranded version that may play a role in cancer
Nachrichten Zellbiologie 23.01.2013 - Bislang war unklar, ob es die Vierfach-DNA auch in Zellen gibt.
In 1953, Cambridge researchers Watson and Crick published a paper describing the interweaving 'double helix' DNA structure …
Hay formas tan simples y eficaces, tan elegantes en el sentido científico del término, que no tienen más remedio que existir en…
60 years after scientists first described the “double helix” shape of DNA, scientists have found the first quadruple helix -…
60 Jahre nach der Entdeckung der Bausteine des Lebens haben Forscher erstmals viersträngige DNA in menschlichen Zellen…
60 Jahre nach der Entdeckung der Bausteine des Lebens haben Forscher erstmals viersträngige DNA in menschlichen Zellen…
En 1953, los científicos James D. Watson y Francis Crick descubrieron que el ADN humano contenía estructuras de doble hélice…
Cambridge University scientists say they have seen four-stranded DNA at work in human cells for the first time and wonder if it…
Unusual nucleic-acid structure may have role in regulating some genes.Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12253