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 ...

Eukaryotic DNA replication relies on a highly orchestrated series of events centred on the Cdc45–MCM–GINS (CMG) helicase complex. Origin licensing begins in G1 phase with loading of a double hexamer ...

Regulated helicase activation by DDK kinase is central for genome stability. However, how DDK phosphorylation primes the MCM2-7 double hexamer (DH) for Sld3-Sld7 binding and Cdc45 loading remained ...

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...