Credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/ What is DNA, and how does it work? You don't need a degree in ...

First, a so-called initiator protein unwinds a short stretch of the DNA double helix. Then, a protein known as helicase attaches to and breaks apart the hydrogen bonds between the bases on the DNA ...

Encoded within this DNA ... hydrogen bonds. This base-to-base bonding is not random; rather, each A in one strand always pairs with a T in the other strand, and each C always pairs with a G. The ...

who first proposed the double helix structure of DNA. In this type of pairing, adenine (A) forms two hydrogen bonds with thymine (T) in DNA or uracil (U) in RNA, while guanine (G) forms three hydrogen ...

Chemical structure of guanine, showing its double-ring purine structure and the functional groups involved in hydrogen bonding with cytosine. (Image: Public Domain) Guanine has the chemical formula ...

the helix structure is unwound special molecules break the weak hydrogen bonds between bases, which are holding the two strands together this process occurs at several locations on a DNA molecule ...

A breakthrough by researchers at The University of Manchester sheds light on one of nature's most elusive forces, with ...

Cells express their genes by converting the genetic message into protein. This process of protein synthesis occurs in two stages - transcription and translation. When a gene is to be expressed ...