The trunk of each 'Christmas tree' (a transcription unit) represents a DNA molecule; the tree branches (granular strings attached to the DNA) are RNA molecules that have been transcribed from the DNA.

improving the lateral resolution of side-by-side features in images of the DNA molecule. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2025 – Most microscopes can only illuminate objects down to a certain size before ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), the molecular "blueprint" carrying the genetic instructions that influence the growth, ...

Until now, this was only possible using expensive structural biology methods such as electron ... With ONE microscopy, the first individual images of the entire molecule are available less than ...

To create their viral traps, the team started with a single-stranded DNA molecule that was either synthesized ... like puzzle pieces. Then, using cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM), the researchers ...

Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...

Back in 1959 it was only six years since Crick and Watson had determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the laser and ... part of 'Plenty of room' to electron microscopy, stressing the ...

In all living organisms, DNA contains the code that defines ... because such studies relied on techniques like cryo-electron microscopy, which require frozen samples, thus only providing snapshots ...

A team at Nagoya University experimented with ways to uncurl a DNA molecule using pressure applied ... of the stretch ratio of the DNA. Most microscopes can only illuminate objects down to a ...

Most microscopes can only ... for stretching and immobilizing DNA with minimum thermal fluctuation to enable detailed analysis. "Immobilizing the molecule essentially 'glues' it to a substrate ...