Sight at the end of the tunnel
Article Abstract:
A chaperone molecule called trigger factor binds new polypeptide chains, as they emerge from the tunnel in the protein-synthesizing machinery. Crystal structures suggest that this molecule forms a hydrophobic 'cradle'.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Crystal tennis rackets
Article Abstract:
Many crystals, in spite of moving rapidly and reversibly in response to light, show the phenomenon of bending and twisting. The way in which such materials change the shape is discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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