Next Generation Nanofilms Created
Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 21:28
in Biology & Nature
With the human genome in hand, biochemists have cataloged the 3-D structures of thousands of proteins isolated from living cells. But one important class of proteins -- those stuck in the cell membranes -- has proven difficult to extract and study in 3-D crystals. Now scientists have developed a way to train such molecules to line up neatly on the surface of water in thin, tissue-like layers called nanofilms.