Biologists Discover Motor Protein That Rewinds DNA

Monday, November 3, 2008 - 16:07 in Biology & Nature

Biologists have discovered the first of a new class of cellular motor proteins that "rewind" sections of the double-stranded DNA molecule that become unwound, like the tangled ribbons from a cassette tape, in "bubbles" that prevent critical genes from being expressed.

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