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  • Genome-editing proteins ride a DNA zip line

    Aug 16, 2016 12:30 pm by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    The research team includes professor Huimin Zhao, professor Charles Schroeder, graduate students Luke Cuculis and Zhanar Abil

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    • The research team includes professor Huimin Zhao, professor Charles Schroeder, graduate students Luke Cuculis and Zhanar Abil

    University of Illinois researchers have found that one class of genome-editing proteins rapidly travels along a strand of DNA like a rider on a zip line – a unique behavior among documented DNA-binding proteins.