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Single-stranded DNA-binding Protein Is Dynamic, Critical to DNA Repair

October 21, 2009

Researchers report that a single-stranded DNA-binding protein, once thought to be a static player among the many molecules that interact with DNA, actually moves back and forth along single-stranded DNA, gradually allowing other proteins to repair, recombine or replicate the strands. Full Story

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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