Structural biology – Page 5

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Cryo-EM: a cold, hard look at biology

2017-10-13T13:20:00Z

Super cool microscopy wins the 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry 

News

Explainer: What is cryo-electron microscopy

2017-10-04T15:17:00Z

The science behind the 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry

Research

Plants surprise by expending energy kicking up a stink

2017-07-04T12:57:00Z

Discovery that flowers don’t just passively release their volatile, smelly compounds overturns conventional wisdom

Research

Unique proteins give water bears extreme drought tolerance

2017-03-17T10:12:00Z

Glassy proteins allow tardigrades to survive being dried out for more than a decade

Research

Overlooked hydrogen bond at heart of proteins

2016-10-17T16:00:00Z

Weak interaction stabilises β-sheets and may help understand diseases such as Alzheimer’s

Research

Copper key to our sensitivity to rotten eggs' foul smell

2016-09-30T14:08:00Z

Central role that metals play in detection of noxious sulfur compounds is unknown among any other odour receptor

Research

Pearl coating built from the ground up

2016-08-18T19:00:00Z

Tough, shiny artificial mother of pearl highlights new approach for biomimetic synthesis

Feature

Enzymes for everyone

2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

Can scientists overcome enzymes’ fragility and exploit their speed and specificity? Fiona Case investigates

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When is an enzyme not a protein?

2016-02-29T00:00:00Z

When it’s a ribozyme. Clare Sansom reports

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The house that DNA built

2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

The 2015 chemistry Nobel prize was awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for DNA repair. Matthew Gunther reconstructs their story

Research

BRCA2 protein imaged for first time

2014-10-06T00:00:00Z

Insights into DNA repair mechanism could pave the way for new cancer therapies