Blocking a Fork in the Road to DNA Replication

Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 11:31 in Biology & Nature

A team of Whitehead Institute scientists has discovered the surprising manner in which an enigmatic protein known as SUUR acts to control gene copy number during DNA replication. It's a finding that could shed new light on the formation of fragile genomic regions associated with chromosomal abnormalities.

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