Protection of Genetic Material: The nuclear envelope shields the DNA from the mechanical and chemical stresses of the ...

COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (Nov. 30, 2010) --The nucleus of a cell contains its DNA and is the site where DNA replication, transcription, and RNA processing take place. Within the nucleus, nuclear ...

From middle school biology we were always taught that the nucleus is the “control center” of the cell, similar to how the brain is the control center of our own bodies. At first glance this makes a ...

The Structure of the Nucleus The electrons in an atom tend to occupy distinct shells. What about particles in the nucleus? The "magic numbers" of the isotope chart suggest that they also have a shell ...

Researchers at the Kennedy Institute have provided the most comprehensive overview to date of how the distinctive segmented ...

Scientists have uncovered how a newly discovered gene, NEK1, in which mutations have been linked to ALS cases, disrupts the function of the motor neuron and causes it to degenerate and die. The viral ...