DNA motors can switch direction, reshaping genetic understanding

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Jan 16, 2025, 11:00 am110 pts
Scientists from Delft, Vienna, and Lausanne discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction. Until now, researchers believed that these so-called SMC motors that make loops into DNA could move in one direction only. The discovery, which is published in Cell, is key to understanding…

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