DNA’s Secret Dance: How Molecular Machines Twist and Loop Life’s Code

New research shows that SMC proteins loop and twist DNA consistently in both humans and yeast, impacting DNA structure and function, crucial for addressing genetic diseases. Scientists from the Kavli Institute at Delft University of Technology and the IMP Vienna BioCenter have uncovered a new property of the molecular motors that organize our chromosomes. Six [...]

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