Cells have evolved careful checks to ensure DNA is copied only once, but how they switch on replication at the right moment has been the focus of a 30-year research question. New work from the Crick ...

Brandt Eichman and Walter Chazin, professors of biochemistry, have worked together to provide a better understanding of how exactly DNA replication is initiated in eukaryotes. Using Vanderbilt's state ...

For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event ...

Structural view of the MCM2-7 helicase with Sld3, Sld7 and Cdc45 bound at the site where Cdc45 is delivered. Structure derived from cryogenic electron microscopy data. Noguchi et al., 2026.