Kymograph showing repair proteins binding and unbinding to DNA (VIDEO)

University of Pittsburgh

Caption

A molecular lightshow: A strand of DNA with UV damage is strung between two beads on the C-trap. This sped-up video shows DNA repair proteins DDB1 (blue) and DDB2 (red) binding and unbinding to sites of damage separately or together (purple) over about 12 minutes.

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Schaich et al., 2023, Nucleic Acids Research, doi:10.1093/nar/gkad095

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