Baylor College of Medicine: First Step to Untangle DNA - Supercoiled DNA Captures Gyrase Like a Lasso Ropes Cattle
April 12, 2024
April 12, 2024
HOUSTON, Texas, April 12 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news:
Picture in your mind a traditional "landline" telephone with a coiled cord connecting the handset to the phone. The coiled telephone cord and the DNA double helix that stores the genetic material in every cell in the body have one thing in common; they both supercoil, or coil about themselves, and tangle in ways that can be difficult to undo. In the case of DNA, if this overwindi . . .
Picture in your mind a traditional "landline" telephone with a coiled cord connecting the handset to the phone. The coiled telephone cord and the DNA double helix that stores the genetic material in every cell in the body have one thing in common; they both supercoil, or coil about themselves, and tangle in ways that can be difficult to undo. In the case of DNA, if this overwindi . . .