Biology lectures teach students that when a cell’s replication machinery comes together, DNA polymerase takes off down the double-helix like a car on a highway ...

DNA polymerase (DNAP) is a type of enzyme that is responsible for forming new copies of DNA, in the form of nucleic acid molecules. Nucleic acids are polymers, which are large molecules made up of ...

Once scientists have zeroed in on a specific segment of DNA, how do they produce enough copies of that segment for their research? In most cases, the polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is their ...

How cells respond to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage is not fully understood. This study uncovers a mechanism of mtDNA ...

Research has focused on discovery of novel DNA polymerases, characterization of DNA polymerase biochemistry and development of new replication assays. These studies have accelerated DNA polymerase ...

DNA transcription is the vital first step needed for switching on our genes. For a gene to be switched on, it must be acted ...

That discovery led to the invention of the polymerase chain reaction, or PCR (as in the PCR tests we took during the pandemic), which enables scientists to select specific DNA fragments and then ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a fundamental molecular biology tool that scientists use to amplify and analyze genetic material, such as DNA ...

In the new study, researchers homed in on a part of the viral machinery called the viral polymerase complex, a group of ...

Related: CRISPR Gene Editing May Cause Hundreds of Unintended Mutations in DNA Instead, the progress of the “lagging strand” polymerase looks a lot like stop and go traffic, stopping ...

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