MSK researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.

A Sanger sequencing reaction is run with a single primer. The following table lists the recommended amount of DNA template and primer for optimal Sanger sequencing results. Note: for plasmid DNA the ...

Kokoris says that after years of optimization, the enzyme Roche researchers are currently working with yields sequencing reads that are 99.35% faithful to the original DNA template sequence.

RNA is often compared to a copy from a reference book, or a template, because it carries the same information as its DNA template but is not used for long-term storage. Each ribonucleotide base ...

To accomplish this, each strand of existing DNA acts as a template for replication. The initiation of DNA replication occurs in two steps. First, a so-called initiator protein unwinds a short ...

(1) Protected deoxynucleotide triphosphate (dNTP) and tethered dNTP approaches both use terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT), a unique and specialized DNA polymerase that does not require a ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a fundamental molecular biology tool that scientists use to amplify and analyze genetic material, such as DNA and RNA. PCR involves the enzymatic amplification of ...

And one of the things it can get stuck on is the DNA template itself, which can adopt alternative structures in certain contexts. For example, regions of the genome that are rich in guanine bases ...