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Researchers reveal safeguarding of key DNA sensor in innate immune system
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Researchers reveal safeguarding of key DNA sensor in innate immune system

by  University of North Carolina Health Care The first-ever high-resolution structure of the protein cGAS (teal, top) bound to the nucleosome — the DNA packaging unit inside the nucleus of a human cell. Credit: UNC-Chapel Hill UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have, for the first time, determined the high-resolution structure of a key DNA-sensing protein in the innate...