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Experimental model enables study of how protein complex influences mitochondrial function
A study by the Center for Redox Processes in Biomedicine (Redoxoma) led by Marilene Demasi from the Butantan Institute (São Paulo, Brazil) presents a valuable new experimental model for investigating ...
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A Dynamic Structural Model of Expanded RNA CAG Repeats: A Refined X-ray Structure and Computational Investigations Using Molecular Dynamics and Umbrella Sampling Simulations ...
One class of functionally important RNA is repeating transcripts that cause disease through various mechanisms. For example, expanded CAG repeats can cause Huntington’s and other disease through ...
Beyond the crystal: Dynamic model captures loop flexibility in swine virus drug design
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) continues to devastate the global swine industry, yet the ...
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Water Networks in Photosystem II Using Crystalline Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Room-Temperature XFEL Serial Crystallography
Structural dynamics of water and its hydrogen-bonding networks play an important role in enzyme function via the transport of protons, ions, and substrates. To gain insights into these mechanisms in ...
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Can AI build a virtual cell? Scientists race to model life’s smallest unit
If Stephen Quake gets his way, biologists in the future will spend a lot less time wielding pipettes. “Our goal,” he says, ...
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DeepMind’s new AlphaGenome AI tackles the ‘dark matter’ in our DNA
An artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by Google DeepMind in London could help scientists to make sense of this ...