Break-ups and make-ups: DNA search and repair

Affiliations

¹ Achilles Kapanidis Research Group, Kavli Institute for NanoScience Discovery and Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
² Achilles Kapanidis Research Group, Kavli Institute for NanoScience Discovery and Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. hafez.elsayyed@physics.ox.ac.uk.

Emma Lalande et al. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;20(2):66.

doi: 10.1038/s41579-021-00671-z.

¹ Achilles Kapanidis Research Group, Kavli Institute for NanoScience Discovery and Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
² Achilles Kapanidis Research Group, Kavli Institute for NanoScience Discovery and Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. hafez.elsayyed@physics.ox.ac.uk.

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