First Ever Real Time Footage Reveals DNA-Enzyme Interaction

For the first time scientists have been able to film, in real time, the nanoscale interaction of an enzyme and a DNA strand from an attacking virus. Researchers from the University of Cambridge have used a revolutionary Scanning Atomic Force Microscope in Japan to produce amazing footage of a protective enzyme unravelling the DNA of a virus trying to infect a bacterial host.The film is available to view [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Biology on September 20th, 2007