The genetic connections between DNA repair pathways and human cancer predisposition have fueled interest in the proteins that recognize and repair specific sites of DNA damage. The repair enzymes are ...

However, current methods like DNA ligase-linked hydrogels present many challenges, including potential allergic reactions and complex administration procedures that limit clinical applications.

However, current methods like DNA ligase-linked hydrogels present many challenges, including potential allergic reactions and complex administration procedures that limit clinical applications.

Causes: LIG4 syndrome is caused by a mutation in the LIG4 gene, which carries the instructions needed to make a protein known as DNA ligase 4. This protein is an enzyme that helps repair a ...

The applied physicist explains how the structure of 52,000-year-old genes hint at the biology of an extinct animal ...

ATP-dependent RNA ligases join 3’-OH and 5’-PO 4 RNA termini via three nucleotidyl transfer steps similar to those of DNA ligases: (Step 1) ligase reacts with ATP to form a covalent ...

In the early 1950s, experiments by two teams of researchers, Salvador Luria working with Mary Human and Joe Bertani working with Jean Weigle, showed that some strains of bacteria were more ...

How would you distinguish organisms based on their genomes? One of the tools scientists use is amplified fragment length polymorphism polymerase chain reaction (AFLP-PCR). In order to understand ...

In a study published in Nature, researchers report the successful in vitro reconstitution of meiotic DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) formation. Meiosis, a specialized form of cell division in most ...