RNA viruses -- including coronaviruses -- have genetic material consisting of a single ribonucleic acid (RNA) strand, as opposed to double-stranded DNA in DNA viruses, like Herpes viruses.

How do cells detect non-self double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) molecules? Several 'sensors' of RNA, including Toll-like ... inhibits the replication of diverse viruses, including the invading pathogen.

A study reveals how Salmonella enterica leverages a small RNA, ManS, to regulate Neu5Ac metabolism and adapt to the host ...

(Illustration: U.S. National Institutes of Health) Adenoviruses are non-enveloped, double-stranded DNA viruses ... Retroviruses are RNA viruses that can reverse transcribe their genome into DNA and ...

and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses. DNA is a complex molecule that consists of two strands coiled around each other to form a double helix structure. Comparison of a ...

Dr. CHAO Yanjie at the Shanghai Institute of Immunity and Infection of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr. WANG Chuan from Fudan University revealed how a bacterial pathogen coordinates ...

Scientists have uncovered a new role for a cell's own RNA in fending off attacks by RNA viruses. Some of the cell's RNA molecules, researchers found, help regulate antiviral signaling. These ...