Watching the passage of knotted DNA slip through nanopores

How can long DNA filaments, which have convoluted and highly knotted structure, manage to pass through the tiny pores of biological systems? Scientists used computer simulations to investigate the options available to the genetic material in such situations.

(via WSJ)



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