Cells Use a Process Like the Belay Device Shown Here to Control Knots in DNA (IMAGE)

University of Edinburgh

Cells Use a Process Like the Belay Device Shown Here to Control Knots in DNA

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Scientists have uncovered a process in cells, which resembles a method used to control climbers' ropes, that prevents DNA from becoming tangled.

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Davide Michieletto

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