Most proteins are left-handed, but scientists have found an ancient molecule that works in both mirror-image forms.

Nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) are polymers of nucleotides – each nucleotide consists of a pentose sugar, a phosphate group and one of the nitrogenous bases (purines and pyrimidines). Nucleic acids ...

These fundamental findings offer a novel mechanism by which rubrerythrin tubules encapsulate encapsulin to prevent oxidative stress in Pyrococcus furiosus. However, there are a few reasonable concerns ...

Scientists have identified sequences in great apes' DNA capable of forming unconventional structures called non-B DNA. These ...

Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Nucleic acids are the foundation stone of all cellular processes. Consequently, the use of DNA or RNA to treat ...

We consider construction of a set of smaller 4 × 4 matrices to represent DNA primary sequences which are based on enumeration of all 64 triplets of nucleic acids bases. The leading eigenvalue from the ...