Nucleating the Assembly of Macromolecular Complexes
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Nucleating the assembly of macromolecular complexes.
Nature constructs intricate complexes containing numerous binding partners in order to direct a variety of cellular processes. Researchers have taken a cue from these events to develop synthetic molecules that can nucleate natural and unnatural interactions for a diverse set of applications. These molecules can be designed to drive protein dimerization or to modulate the interactions between pr...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: ChemBioChem
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1439-4227
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201000255