The DNA polymerase delta enzyme selects the right bases, and proofreads the sequences formed, as well as helping to repair the rare errors. The enzyme is composed of a core made up of p125 and P50 ...

A new study shows that the DNA repair enzyme Polβ plays a vital role in protecting the developing brain from harmful ...

DNA polymerase works its way along a template strand of DNA, reading each base and collecting a matching base to create a new, copied strand. But the enzyme turns up its nose at artificial bases.

DNA Polymerase Works in Short Bursts Rather than One Long Stretch The enzyme that copies and repairs DNA is more dynamic than originally thought.

A research group led by the University of Osaka has discovered that the DNA repair enzyme Polβ plays a crucial role in ...

Nature's Kindle The enzyme molecule chosen for the experiments is one of the most important for life. Known as a DNA polymerase, this enzyme binds with successive nucleotides in a length of DNA ...

This article describes the organization of mitochondrial DNA into nucleoids and the replication process, including initiation, elongation, termination and the involvement of polymerase enzymes.

Rather than wait for highly accurate DNA polymerase enzymes, the cell may call on a hastier but error-prone substitute—mutagenic repair.

A research group led by The University of Osaka has discovered that the DNA repair enzyme Polβ plays a crucial role in protecting the developing brain from harmful mutations. The study found that a ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

When chemical approaches for synthesizing longer DNA oligonucleotides plateaued, scientists turned to a one-of-a-kind enzyme.