First Direct Observation Of 3-D Molecule Folding In Real Time, Stanford University Study

ScienceDaily (Feb. 21, 2008) — All the crucial proteins in our bodies must fold into complex shapes to do their jobs. These snarled molecules grip other molecules to move them around, to speed up important chemical reactions or to grab onto our genes, turning them “on” and “off” to affect which proteins our cells make.

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