X-ray scattering from clusters of gold atoms provides a sensitive way of measuring long-range distance information in macromolecules and now reveals a surprisingly soft, stretchy character to double-stranded DNA.
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Lilley, D. DNA revisited. Nat Chem Biol 4, 725–726 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio1208-725
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