Beyond its role in meiosis, recombination is important to somatic cells in eukaryotes because it can be used to help repair broken DNA, even when the break involves both strands of the double helix.

When imposing repair on broken DNA strands during mitosis, some telomeres are seen to fuse together (one dot). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

Caption ixteen strands of DNA, stacked four-by-four, form the beam-shaped chassis of the DNA motor (in gray). Bits of DNA (in green) protrude from the chassis like little feet. The motor is fueled ...

Storici's team showed that RNA can influence which tools are used, depending on its complementarity to the broken DNA strands. This means that in addition to being the important protein production ...