ISRIB (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

ISRIB

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Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers have revealed atomic-level details of the interactions between ISRIB, a brain-boosting experimental drug, (propeller-shaped molecule, center), and its target protein, eIF2B.

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J. Tsai et al./<i>Science</i> 2018

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