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Bio & Medicine 8 hours ago

High-speed atomic force microscopy helps explain role played by certain biomolecules in DNA wrapping dynamics

In plants and animals, the basic packaging units of DNA, which carry genetic information, are the so-called nucleosomes. A nucleosome consists of a segment of DNA wound around eight proteins known as histones.

Molecular & Computational biology Apr 17, 2024

A powerful technique for tracking a protein's fleeting shape changes

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a powerful, new technique to generate "movies" of changing protein structures and speeds of up to 50 frames per second.