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    Repairing DNA

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    Like a watch wrapped around a wrist, a special enzyme encircles the double helix to repair a broken strand of DNA. Without molecules that can mend such breaks, cells can malfunction, die, or become cancerous. Related to image 2330.
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    Internal NoteImage 2330 is the same image with different colors.
    Keywordsstructure, proteins
    SourceTom Ellenberger, Washington University School of Medicine
    Date
    Credit LineCourtesy of Tom Ellenberger, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Dave Gohara, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
    InvestigatorTom Ellenberger
    Record TypeIllustration
    Topic Area(s);#Genes;#Molecular Structures;#
    Previous UsesFeatured as the GDB image in the 2012 version of the NIGMS mini-brochure: Investing in Discovery: An Overview of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
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