DNA repair partners with polymerase (IMAGE)

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine

DNA repair partners with polymerase

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The study enzyme RNAseHII repairs DNA by riding along on the enzyme that reads the genetic code, RNA polymerase, and cutting out (see scissors) misplaced code letters when it “sees” them in bacterial genetic material.

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