title: Spotting the mistakes, one molecule at a time.
abstract: In this issue of Structure, Cho and colleagues provide intriguing insight into the first steps of the DNA mismatch repair process. By using single-molecule techniques, they show that the protein MutS undergoes two different types of diffusion on error-containing DNA in an ATP-dependent way.
authors: Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Groningen University, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors: Audrey
authors: A
authors: Quessada-Vial
authors: Antoine M
authors: AM
authors: van Oijen
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000737:chemistry*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D051719:MutS DNA Mismatch-Binding Protein / Q000737:chemistry*; D013824:Thermus / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D004247:DNA; D051719:MutS DNA Mismatch-Binding Protein