DNA is located directly within the cellular cytoplasm, as there is no nucleus available. But what, exactly, is DNA? In short, DNA is a complex molecule that consists of many components ...

Over the past decade, there have been scattered reports of mammalian cells’ own DNA being found in the cytoplasm, mainly in the context of disease and aging. While it is not unusual to find DNA from ...

A new study in Nature identifies a long-sought cytoplasmic 'sensor' that is responsible, at least in part, for interferon responses induced by double-stranded DNA. How do cells detect non-self ...

Cytoplasm, ribosomes present; there are no mitochondria or chloroplasts. Genetic material DNA in a nucleus, plasmids are found in a few simple eukaryotic organisms. DNA is a single molecule ...