Fast, cost effective, single-shot DNA sequencing could be the prelude of a new era in genetics. As DNA encodes the information for the production of proteins in all known living beings on Earth, determining the nucleobase ...

Accurate modeling of DNA damages resulting from ionizing radiation remains a challenge of today's radiobiology research. An original set of physics processes has been recently developed for modeling the detailed transport ...

The presence of nucleobases in carbonaceous meteorites on Earth is an indication of the existence of this class of molecules in outer space. However, space is permeated by ionizing radiation, which can have damaging effects ...

N-Monoacetylated derivatives of ribo- (adenosine, guanosine) and 2′-deoxyribonucleosides (2′-deoxyadenosine and 2′-deoxyguanosine), useful as oligonucleotide building blocks, were obtained in 88–100% by enzymatic chemoselective ...

Phenylalanine (Phe) is an amino acid that has been identified in carbonaceous meteorites; its formation mechanism in space is unknown, and its radioresistance has been object of investigation. This work aims to study, in ...