Inside cells, DNA twists and coils itself into a variety of different secondary structures—including i-motifs (iMs) and ...

UC Vice President for Research Patrick Limbach is a key figure in the National Academies’ massive undertaking to sequence RNA in the next 15 years. A chemist who leads the University of Cincinnati’s ...

Comparison of a single-stranded RNA and a double-stranded DNA with their corresponding nucleobases. (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC SA 3.0) The most common type of base pairing is the Watson-Crick base ...

This diagram depicts the chemical structure of pyrimidine, a six-membered aromatic ring with two nitrogen atoms at positions 1 and 3 (highlighted in blue). The remaining positions are occupied by ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...