Scripps Research scientists shed light on how DNA is unwound so that its code can be read
Monday, December 1, 2008 - 12:15
in Biology & Nature
LA JOLLA, CA—November 24, 2008—Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have figured out how a macromolecular machine is able to unwind the long and twisted tangles of DNA within a cell's nucleus so that genetic information can be "read" and used to direct the synthesis of proteins, which have many specific functions in the body.
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