This process is called elongation. Three of the four nitrogenous bases that make up RNA — adenine (A), cytosine (C), and guanine (G) — are also found in DNA. In RNA, however, a base called ...

DNA is always synthesized in the 5'-to-3' direction ... initiation requires a primer, elongation is always in the 5'-to-3' direction, and replication is always continuous along the leading ...

Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (mtDNA) is essential for cellular energy production and overall cell function.

Researchers have now uncovered the role of mitochondrial transcription elongation factor in maintaining the balance between ...