By freezing a DNA polymerase enzyme at several points along its reaction pathway, a sequence of X-ray crystal structures has been obtained, showing how the enzyme replicates DNA and revealing surprising mechanistic details. See Article p.196
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Johnson, K. DNA replication caught in the act. Nature 487, 177–178 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/487177a
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