A new technique, based on a chain reaction of recognition and hybridization events between two sets of DNA hairpin molecules, offers an enzyme-free alternative for the rapid detection of specific ...

Mazel. The Schlierf group used a cutting-edge microscopy setup to study how strongly a recombinase protein binds the different DNA hairpin sequences. They found that the complexes with the ...

APOBEC enzymes, which normally help fight viral infections by mutating viral DNA, cause repeat expansions and are unusually ...