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Hidden architecture: Researchers identify new molecular structure at center of chromosomes
Centromeres, specialized regions located at the center of chromosomes, are critical for ensuring proper cell division. During ...
A new molecular model of bilayer graphene with higher semiconducting properties
Juan Casado Cordón, Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Malaga, considers graphene—an infinite layer of ...
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Cryo-em freezes the funk: How scientists visualized a pungent protein
Most people have witnessed -- or rather smelled -- when a protein enzyme called sulfite reductase works its magic. This enzyme catalyzes the chemical reduction of sulfite to hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen ...
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Rare ‘ambidextrous’ protein breaks rules of handedness
Most proteins are left-handed, but scientists have found an ancient molecule that works in both mirror-image forms.
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The structure of the ferric siderophore binding protein FhuD complexed with gallichrome
To liberate iron from eukaryotic iron binding proteins, a wide variety of microbes synthesize and secrete low molecular weight ... the 1.9 Å resolution structure of E. coli FhuD in complex ...
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Crystal Structure of Homo-DNA and Nature's Choice of Pentose over Hexose in the Genetic System
Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, Biographics Laboratory 3R, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland, Department ...
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Molecular Structure of Helical Supramolecular Dendrimers
Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, ...