The Mystery of Plant Cells

Published on November 10, 2022

#LINO22 Alumna Paola Libertad García Medel explores plants' DNA replication– a fairly new field in biochemistry:

Further knowledge about the DNA replication in plants could help to increase food security by improving crops and yields. If we learn how to modify the DNA, we can create new tools to increase harvest. That’s why I am exploring plant DNA with a biochemical approach. It was not easy to find a group in structural biology that is dealing with plant DNA and a focus on proteins. There is just a small community distributed around the world working on this subject.

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