Telomeres must overcome specific challenges to ensure their efficient replication. In yeast cells, telomeres are replicated in late S phase in agreement with the late firing of subtelomeric origins.

Chromatin is a flexibly joined chain of nucleosomes that exists inside the nucleus of eukaryotic cells and has been described as a 'bead on a string'. Chromatin organization strengthens DNA for ...

A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body. Researchers studying Plasmodium falciparum found that the parasite relies ...