Proteins found to spontaneously form whorls and lattices
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 07:32
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on the work of a previous team that found filaments made from actin, when combined with so called motor proteins, moved themselves into distinct patterns, a new team in Japan has found that combining different proteins results in the formation of far more elaborate patterns such as individual whorls and over time whole lattices. The team made up of a diverse group of researchers from across Japan, have published their findings in Nature.