How The Guardian Of Our DNA Gets Its Donut-Like Structure

How The Guardian Of Our DNA Gets Its Donut-Like Structure

In the Proceedings of National Academies of Science, Ashutosh Agrawal, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, explores the junk-food-shaped design in his article “Ultradonut topology of the nuclear envelope,” and concludes that mechanical forces play a critical role in shaping the nucleus, a finding that provides a fresh perspective into the design of the command centers of cells.