Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During that process, enzymes known as polymerases race along the DNA to copy its ...

For almost 60 years, scientists have tried to understand why DNA doesn't replicate wildly and uncontrollably every time a ...

Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) is a unique form of circular DNA that exists outside of normal chromosomes. Found exclusively in tumor cells, it often carries cancer-promoting genes (oncogenes) and is ...

Figure 1. Design and synthesis of circAMO . (a) Synthesis of a single-molecule ring by rigid regulation of selectivity; (b) Schematic diagram of circAMO design; (c) Synthesis of circAMO; (d) ...

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