Scientists from Delft, Vienna, and Lausanne discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction. Until now, researchers believed that these so-called SMC motors that make ...

Scientists have discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction. Until now, researchers believed that these so-called SMC motors that make loops into DNA could move in ...

Scientists from Delft, Vienna, and Lausanne discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction. Until now, researchers believed that these so-called SMC motors that make ...

SMC proteins were thought to only move in one direction. Now, a new study by scientists from Delft, Vienna, and Lausanne reveals that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch directions.

Barth: "Having found commonalities among SMC motors helps to focus and streamline the SMC research field. We don't have to look for a new mechanism for every individual type of SMC protein anymore.

Our chromosomes are much longer than the space in which they are packaged in the cell. Chromosome compaction is on the order of several thousand fold, yet these chromosomes have to be unraveled every ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Protein machines known as SMC motors, previously thought to move in one direction, can switch direction while shaping DNA. This ability allows them to pull DNA ...

Barth: “Having found commonalities among SMC motors helps to focus and streamline the SMC research field. We don’t have to look for a new mechanism for every individual type of SMC protein ...