News From the Field New Technique is Quantum Leap Forward in Understanding Proteins
December 23, 2008
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Proteins drive critical functioning in the cells of everything from bacteria to humans. But deciphering genomic data to discover just how the thousands upon thousands of proteins in a given organism interact has emerged as one of the most confounding biological challenges of the new century.
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Source Scripps Research Institute
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