Researchers from the Kind Group have gained new insights into the mechanism behind the spatial organization of DNA within the cells of early embryos. When an embryo is first formed after ...

If a transposon jumps out of the DNA a hole remains in the DNA chain. The body's recovery mechanism uses a transposon further along the DNA as an example to repair the damage.

This is a new mechanism for evolution that has been unknown until now. The research has been recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Published online May 16 in the journal Cell, the report describes the molecular mechanism behind a DNA repair pathway that counters the mistaken inclusion of a certain type of molecular building ...

But it has remained unclear whether other regulatory cues contribute to this mechanism. Vital for DNA repair is the methylation of the histone protein, H3, at lysine-4 by SETD1A, a new study finds.

The retro-transposon’s copy-and-paste behaviour has long been considered totally self-serving. However, the study showed that when a retro-transposon containing a CTCF-binding sequence spreads around ...

Acetaldehyde, a highly reactive, DNA-damaging metabolite, causes interstrand crosslinking (ICL) in DNA—a dangerous kind of DNA damage. As a result, it obstructs cell division and protein production.

May 16, 2023 Researchers reveal DNA repair mechanism (Nanowerk News) A new study adds to an emerging, radically new picture of how bacterial cells continually repair faulty sections of their DNA.

An unprecedented nucleic acid capture mechanism for excision of DNA damage. Nature, 2010; DOI: 10.1038/nature09428 ...

Scientists have discovered that DNA duplications have given plants an evolutionary advantage. This mechanism enabled plants -- in contrast to the dinosaurs -- to survive the Cretaceous-Tertiary ...