Protein abundant in cancerous cells causes DNA 'supercoiling'

Monday, March 11, 2013 - 16:00 in Biology & Nature

A team of scientists has identified a protein that can change DNA topology, making DNA twist up into a so-called "supercoil." The finding provides new insight about the role of the protein -- known as mini-chromosome maintenance (MCM) -- in cancer cells, which have high levels of MCM.

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