"We stumbled on this structure completely by accident and almost couldn't believe what we saw when we first took images of it ...

This can include everything from the formation of protein complexes in living cells to the creation of nanoscale electronic devices in a laboratory. Self-assembly is a fascinating process that occurs ...

Computational design is a promising tool to create proteins with three-dimensional structures able to support specific molecular recognition and catalysis, or capable of assembling into nanoparticles ...

More information: Saurav Mallik et al, Structural determinants of co-translational protein complex assembly, Cell (2024). DOI ...

Self-assembly is the process by which an organized structure spontaneously forms from individual components, as a result of specific, local interactions among the components. When the constitutive ...

Researchers at the Stowers Institute discovered how selfish genes manipulate inheritance by forming toxic protein clusters. These genes, found in yeast, evolve rapidly to outpace genetic suppression ...

Lurking within the genomes of nearly all species—including plants, fungi, and even humans—are genes that are passed from ...