Figure 1. Engineered protein needles and their assembly on a mica surface (IMAGE)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Figure 1. Engineered protein needles and their assembly on a mica surface

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Scientists have long been attempting to decode the complex sub-structures of proteins. Now, researchers from Tokyo Tech have finally shed light on this front with the investigation of engineered protein self-assembly using protein needles.

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Takafumi Ueno of Tokyo Institute of Technology

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