Tag: Antoin Van Oijen

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    DNA copier component found to be real drag

    A study in the Feb. 2, 2006 Nature by Antoine van Oijen’s lab sheds light on a longstanding puzzle in DNA replication: how do the enzymes that copy the two strands of DNA manage to coordinate their separate movements? Replicating the genome is complicated by a quirk of DNA chemistry: DNA has polarity, and the…

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