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 ...

This study is achieved by Professor Wei Xu’s research team from Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The research team established mDRIP-seq, a ...

Not all DNA looks like the familiar double helix. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes under certain conditions. One such structure known as a G-quadruplex (G4) looks like a ...

In everyday life, our genetic material is constantly under attack from many factors. Environmental influences such as light, ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells’ in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...