Spotting the mistakes, one molecule at a time

Authors

Audrey Quessada-Vial, University of Groningen
Antoine M. van Oijen, University of GroningenFollow

RIS ID

94015

Publication Details

Quessada-Vial, A. & van Oijen, A. M. (2012). Spotting the mistakes, one molecule at a time. Structure, 20 (7), 1130-1132.

Abstract

In this issue of Structure, Cho and colleagues provide intriguing insight into the first steps of the DNA mismatch repair process. By using single-molecule techniques, they show that the protein MutS undergoes two different types of diffusion on error-containing DNA in an ATP-dependent way.