Tag Archives: DNA

Corrections of virtual genomic planets

Posted on October 11, 2010 by tfester

This post is rather technical and will be about fixing a bug in the genomic planets. Maybe there will be some comments improving my approach… Continue reading →

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DNA – beyond the double helix (II)

Posted on July 27, 2010 by tfester

Packaging of DNA-molecules (within cells or cell nuclei) is a very interesting topic, first because packaging determines, how fast the information stored in the DNA can be used by the cell, and second, because cellular compartments appear to be tiny compared to DNA-molecules. Continue reading →

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DNA – beyond the double helix (I)

Posted on July 21, 2010 by tfester

When Watson and Crick described the structure of DNA many years ago, the concept of the double helix was new and exiting. Nowadays this concept is dominating visual presentations of DNA to such a degree that it dominates other, more important features of the molecule(s). These features are the topic of the following post Continue reading →

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