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RE: Topoisomerases: What is their job and how they can be used to fight cancer. [Eng/Ger]

in #science7 years ago

Very useful information @sco From all I know, the topoisomerases and gyrases somehow prevent or reduce tangling? but I don't really understand what they do exactly or how they do it. My professor just brushed on the topic for a bit, saying it was something akin to winding two strings together, with the enzymes preventing knotting of the string.

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well then read my post, I explained it ;-)