Surfing DNA: Enzyme catches a ride to fight infection
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 19:00
in Biology & Nature
An enzyme crucial to keeping our immune system healthy “surfs” along the strands of DNA inside our cells, scientists have shown for the first time. The researchers used extremely powerful microscopy to watch how the enzyme AID (activation-induced deoxycytidine deaminase) moves around and interacts with other molecules.