For liquid-liquid phase separation to occur in cells, the polymers that make up membraneless organelles—typically highly flexible proteins and nucleic acids—must exceed what is called their saturation ...

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the nucleic acid polymer that forms the genetic code for a cell or virus. Most DNA molecules consist of two polymers (double-stranded) of four nucleotides that each ...

Nucleic acids are polymers, which are large molecules made up of smaller, repeating units that are chemically connected to one another. DNA is composed of repeating units called nucelotides or ...

Examples of polymers include proteins, cellulose, and nucleic acids. The 2D mechanically interlocked material is a polymer structure that uses mechanical bonds—bonds with physical interlocking ...

Nucleic acids are complex biological molecules that store and transmit genetic information in all living organisms. They are essential for the survival and reproduction of life on Earth. The two main ...

In the late nineteenth century, a German biochemist found the nucleic acids, long-chain polymers of nucleotides, were made up of sugar, phosphoric acid, and several nitrogen-containing bases.

17. Watanabe, A.; Niu, J.; Lunn, D. J.; Lawrence J.; Knight, A.S.; Zhang, M.; Hawker, C. J.* "PET‐RAFT as a Facile Strategy for Preparing Functional Lipid–Polymer ...

Specifically, our group is focusing on developing new materials and photopolymerization mechanisms for a variety of applications including: Sequence-Controlled Polymerization of "Click" Nucleic Acids ...

Nucleic Acids These polymers appear to carry the pattern of living matter from one generation to the next. Their basic chain consists of sugars joined by phosphates.

We can easily change the polymer structure and the repeating units to allow the carrier to deliver hydrophobic drugs, hydrophilic drugs, or therapeutic nucleic acids. It is fascinating because one can ...

Cationic polymers, such as polyethylenimine (PEI) and poly(L-lysine) (PLL), can complex with negatively charged nucleic acids to form stable nanoparticles. These nanoparticles protect the genetic ...