The basic rules for the control of initiation of DNA replication in Escherichia coli were encapsulated in the replicon model; this was first proposed in 1963, 10 years after the discovery of the ...

The assembly of the DNA helicase at replication origins is crucial in initiating DNA synthesis. This process requires the conserved protein Cdt1. Here, a new study identifies a functional homologue of ...

The functions of a trade mark include "not only the essential function of the trade mark, which is to guarantee to consumers the origin of the goods or services, but also its other functions, in ...