"Our work is the first to directly test how chromosome structure affects bacterial growth, survival, and ability to cause disease, and it opens the door for similar studies in many other microbes," ...

Superman syndrome, also known as 47, XYY, is a condition classified as a chromosomal aneuploidy (which is an abnormality in chromosome structure and/or number) in which males have an additional Y ...

Researchers say findings help to bridge the structure of the genome to its function in managing how genes are turned on and off.

Motor proteins are tiny "machines" inside cells that use chemical energy to move along molecular tracks and carry out ...