The Double Helix about to Be Unwound (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

The Double Helix about to Be Unwound

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DNA follows a zig-zag path inside a channel created by two 6-sided rings. This new atomic-level made with cryo-EM technology, suggests how DNA interacts with the two rings just prior to being separated into 'leading' and 'lagging' strands. All life depends on absolutely precise choreogrpahy, when one cells beings to replicate its DNA in order to make two cells.

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Van Andel Research Institute

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