Snapshots of a genetic cut-and-paste

Orsolya Barabas ()

Nature, 2019, vol. 575, issue 7783, 447-448

Abstract: Transposase proteins mediate the movement of ‘parasitic’ DNA segments in genomes. A series of structures of a transposase catches it in action, and highlights how these proteins evolved for use in immune systems.

Keywords: Structural biology; Biochemistry; Evolution; Immunology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-03428-0

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