Unlocking key insights into gene expression using a novel mouse model

A newly developed mouse model enables real-time visualization of RNA Polymerase II (RNAP2) during DNA transcription, as ...
GEN

OnScreen DNA Model

As illustrated with OnScreen Gene Transcription in our May 1 column, OnScreen Science now has a few very nice iPad apps to teach students about DNA and RNA. The OnScreen DNA Model app was the original ...
UPI

Scientists model DNA gene with first billion-atom biomolecular simulation

April 23 (UPI) --Scientists have for the first time created a billion-atom biomolecular simulation. Researchers designed the computer model to simulate a single DNA gene. The feat, described this ...
ucdavis.edu

Computational Model Uses Language Theory to Predict DNA Shapes That Underlie Gene Expression and Disease

R-loops are structures that form when a strand of RNA (red) forms a stable structure with double-stranded DNA, causing one strand of the DNA to form a loop. R-loops are associated with gene ...
Science Daily

Flaw Found In Model Describing DNA Elasticity

DNA, the biomolecule that provides the blueprint for life, has a lesser-known identity as a stretchy polymer. Scientists have found a flaw in the most common model for DNA elasticity, a discovery that ...
News Medical

New model of DNA flexibility opens up the possibility of getting closer to the chromatin scale

In both physics and chemistry, the mesoscopic scale refers to the length scale on which the properties of a material or phenomenon can be studied, without entering into a discussion about the behavior ...
Gizmodo

This is the most accurate model yet of what DNA looks like

This is a stunning 3D map that shows how six feet of of DNA can be crammed inside a single chromosome — a space that’s only a hundredth of a millimeter across. Not surprisingly, it looks like ...