Protein (image)

Weizmann Institute of Science

Caption

Yeast cells producing a bacterial symmetric protein complex with eight units. When it is not mutated (left), the complex diffuses freely inside the cell, but a single mutation (right) triggers its assembly into long filaments.

Credit

Weizmann Institute of Science

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