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A new twist: Molecular machines that loop chromosomes also twist DNA
A drawing of the double helix structure of DNA. The four coding units (A, T, C, G) are color-coded pink, orange, purple, and yellow. Credit: NHGRI Scientists at Delft University of Technology’s Kavli Institute and IMP Vienna Biocenter have discovered new properties of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes. Six years ago, they discovered that these so-called SMC motor…
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