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THE NEW NANOSCALE SPRING-LOADED CONTROL MECHANISM
25 February 2005 - National Science Foundation
| UCLA scientists supported by the National Science Foundation have created a nanoscale mechanism to control the function of virtually any protein. These new "spring-loaded" molecules will give deeper insight into proteins' molecular architecture, and could lead to a new generation of targeted, smart pharmaceuticals that are active only in cells where a certain gene is expressed. |
UCLA scientists supported by the National Science Foundation have created a nanoscale mechanism to control the function of virtually any protein. These new "spring-loaded" molecules will give deeper insight into proteins' molecular architecture, and could lead to a new generation of targeted, smart pharmaceuticals that are active only in cells where a certain gene is expressed.
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