DNA motors found to switch gears (IMAGE)

Delft University of Technology

DNA motors found to switch gears

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Illustration of the same scenario, but rendered in a machine-like depiction. The chain represents DNA which is folded into a loop by the SMC machine. The red and green labelled parts are the NIPBL gear levers that shift the machine’s direction. 

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Cees Dekker lab, University of Technology Delft, the Netherlands & SciXel

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DNA motors found to switch gears

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