Saturday, March 23, 2013

Four Stranded DNA seen on Human Cell

Cambridge University scientists say they have seen four-stranded DNA at work in human cells for the first time. The famous “molecule of life”, which carries our genetic code, is more familiar to us as a double helix. But researchers tell the journal Nature Chemistry that the “quadruple helix” is also present in our cells, and in ways that might possibly relate to cancer.

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Four Stranded DNA seen on Human Cell 
















Source: World Society for Microbiology


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