Cdc7 kinase, in complex with its regulatory subunit Dbf4, orchestrates the initiation of eukaryotic DNA replication by phosphorylating components of the Mcm2–7 helicase complex at replication origins.
Every day, billions of cells in your body divide, helping to replace old and injured cells with new ones. And each time this happens, your entire genetic library—your genome, which totals more than 3 ...
Every time a cell divides, it must copy its DNA with extraordinary precision. But this process is constantly challenged by DNA damage. Among the most dangerous lesions are DNA interstrand crosslinks ...
A new discovery by researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics (BDR) in Japan upends decades of assumptions regarding DNA replication. Led by Ichiro Hiratani and colleagues, the ...
In this important study, the authors describe the mechanisms by which CDK4/6 overexpression mediates resistance to Osimertinib in EGFR mutant lung cancer models. Their data show that CD4/6 ...
Antibodies, also known as immunoglobulins, are specialized proteins that are generated by the immune system to identify and neutralize pathogens. They circulate throughout the body to monitor invading ...
Every cell type in the human body carries the same approximately 3.2 billion base pairs of DNA, yet a liver cell behaves nothing like a neuron. The epigenome explains this difference: in each cell, ...
Researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer. Every day, billions of cells in your body ...