Chirality switching in biomineral structures

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 - 17:00 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have discovered a mechanism by which helical biomineral structures can be synthesized to spiral clockwise or counterclockwise using only either the left-handed or right-handed version of a single acidic amino acid.

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