The structure of the protective armor of superbug C. difficile has been revealed for the first time, showing the close-knit yet flexible outer layer, which resembles chainmail. This assembly prevents molecules getting in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 25, 2022
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Researchers from the MPSD's Department of Atomically Resolved Dynamics at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, the Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (all in Hamburg), the University of Toronto in Canada and the ETH in Zurich, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 2, 2018
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Anyone involved in macromolecular crystallography will know that for many years scientists have had to rely on a multi-stage process utilizing protein, usually expressed in engineered cells, which is then extracted and purified ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 2, 2014
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(Phys.org)—Using the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron, researchers have determined the structure of a key protein that stops viruses from spreading, an important step towards developing new ways of fighting viral ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 30, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Using synchrotron x-ray beams to solve the molecular structures of proteins and other large biological molecules has yielded many advances in medicine, such as drug therapies for cancer. Improvements in the techniques ...
General Physics
Sep 6, 2012
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It was front page news around the world: a drug designed to disrupt malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, was so successful in its latest round of testing in humans that the tests were halted – like ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 19, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists led by associate professor Thomas Schwartz (MIT) have worked out a rudimentary architectural plan for the nuclear pore complex (NPC), the gatekeeper of the cell's nucleus.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 27, 2009
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