Spanish scientists identify a new ancestral enzyme that facilitates DNA repair ( Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas (CNIO) ) Researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, led by Juan Mendez, head of the DNA Replication Group, together with Luis Blanco, from the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Centre, have discovered how a new human enzyme, the protein PrimPol, is capable of recognizing DNA lesions and facilitate their repair during the DNA ...
Nov. 20, 2013 - EurekAlert!