Fluorogenic DNA aptamers produce light only in the correct structural state, enabling programmable molecular logic, ...
We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient ...
Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...
Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.
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A research team led by the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a method to accurately and efficiently read DNA containing non-standard bases—a task once thought too ...
QUICK ANSWER: Nucleosides and nucleotides fundamentally differ in their chemical composition. The main difference between nucleosides and nucleotides is the presence of phosphate groups. Nucleosides ...