Scientists shed light on how DNA is unwound so that its code can be read
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 17:56
in Biology & Nature
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...