'Transformer' protein makes different sized transport pods

Friday, May 25, 2012 - 10:01 in Physics & Chemistry

These spheres may look almost identical, but subtle differences between them revealed a molecular version of the robots from Transformers. Each sphere is a vesicle, a pod that cells use to transport materials between different compartments.

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