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Metal Ions Confirmed as DNA Strand Bridges in Structural Biology
New visualization confirms that metal ions bridge DNA strands that would normally repel each other, acting as molecular "zippers" in DNA pairing, addressing a long-standing structural biology puzzle.
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Understanding how metal ions stabilize DNA structure has implications for genetics, replication mechanisms, and biotech applications. The discovery explains fundamental aspects of DNA stability at the molecular level.
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