Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

A new study in the journal Human Gene Therapy indicates that DNA impurities derived from plasmid and host cell DNA are ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

Scientists have captured the first detailed 'molecular movie' showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level -- revealing how cells begin the crucial process of copying their genetic material.

Only recently has the ribosome - one of the oldest molecular machines in evolutionary terms - been recognized as an active regulator of gene expression at the level of protein biosynthesis.

Public health labs have handled most testing thus far for the Texas and New Mexico outbreaks, but commercial labs are beginning to bring molecular measles assays online.

In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers used viral metagenomics to identify several viruses — including one new ...

New RNA-based active agents reliably protect plants against the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), the most common virus in agriculture and horticulture. They were developed by researchers at the Martin ...

Due to the success of the Volume I of the Research Topic <a href=" Interactions with the Nucleus" we are launching a Volume II of the series.<br/><br/>Viruses cause numerous medically important ...

Researchers at Martin Luther University have developed groundbreaking RNA-based agents that offer high levels of protection ...