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EM, researchers showed that water mediates catalysis and important protein interactions for RNA polymerase II function in ...
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AI-guided redesign of protein alphabet in bacteria could unlock new ways to build synthetic organisms.
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From the first unzip of the double helix to the final joining of DNA fragments, replication is a carefully coordinated process. Understanding it helps explain how life preserves its genetic code with ...