Proteins Assembling on Single-strand DNA

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Channel: UC Davis · 2012 · Science & Technology

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DNA in cells is constantly broken and damage. A key step in repairing DNA is to coat the single-stranded broken end with a protein called RecA in bacteria and Rad51 in humans. UC Davis researchers have now observed this process on single pieces of DNA. This could give insight into how some cancers begin. Read more at http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10392

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