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Portrait of Jay Keasling, a person with short gray beard, wearing green rectangular glasses and light shirt with top bottoms open. Artwork courtesy of CZ Biohub. EGSB logo A rendering of Lactobacillus, a type of beneficial bacteria found in the human intestine microbiome. (Credit: nopparit/iStock) photoelectrical cell In order to capture the distinct structural changes, the authors artificially slowed down the reaction, which would normally occur within milliseconds. The polymerase uses a push-pull process to allow the new genetic letter (highlighted in blue) to be installed onto the end of the primer strand while concurrently moving to the next position. Portrait of Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, a smiling person with long black and straight hair, pulled back on top and falling over shoulders. Photographed in front of dark backdrop.

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