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structural biology update September 2010
Research advances, news and events in structural biology
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featured molecule
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Proteinase K and Digalacturonic acid
Researchers at the Center for High-Throughput Structural Biology are pioneering a new approach to growing protein crystals.
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Selected structural highlights from PSI-2 (2005-2010)
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PSI JCSG center director Ian Wilson introduces the third in a series of articles highlighting the achievements of the PSI in 2005–2010.
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Achievements in protein structure determination in the past five years have provided clues to the evolutionary, structural and functional relationships.
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Membrane protein structures enter an exponential growth phase
Adrenergic receptors, ion channels and membrane transport proteins are among the membrane proteins whose structures have recently been determined.
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Scaling up: single organisms and metagenomics
Structural genomics and systems biology combine forces to uncover the central metabolic network of Thermotoga maritima.
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Structural characterization can reveal interaction interfaces between the proteins in a pathway and give insight into potential therapeutics.
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A journey into the expanding protein universe
By providing new structural knowledge, PSI-2 has covered considerable ground in characterizing protein space.
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