But the human genome also contains more than 50,000 unusual knot-like DNA structures called i-motifs, researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered. Published today in ...

“We discovered that i-motifs are associated with genes that are ... If, as seems likely, they serve a function elsewhere in the DNA, this might need to be very carefully targeted, however.

Sequence motifs are short, recurring patterns in DNA that are presumed to have a ... In 1975, Pribnow discovered the 'TATAAT box,' a well-conserved sequence centered around 10 bp upstream of ...

What did the duo actually discover? Many people believe that American biologist James Watson and English physicist Francis Crick discovered DNA in the 1950s. In reality, this is not the case.

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging—Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena have discovered a new function of the DNA ...