Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structure of the human CTF18 clamp loader bound to PCNA

    Giuseppina R Briola, Muhammad Tehseen ... Alfredo De Biasio
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Genomic and structural insights into Jyvaskylavirus, the first giant virus isolated from Finland

    Gabriel Magno de Freitas Almeida, Miika Leppänen ... Lotta-Riina Sundberg
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    The co-receptor Tetraspanin12 directly captures Norrin to promote ligand-specific β-catenin signaling

    Elise S Bruguera, Jacob P Mahoney, William I Weis
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Ligand-coupled conformational changes in a cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel revealed by time-resolved transition metal ion FRET

    Pierce Eggan, Sharona E Gordon, William N Zagotta
    Time-resolved tmFRET revealed structural and energetic changes induced by ligand binding with full agonist cAMP and partial agonist cGMP in the cyclic nucleotide-binding domain of the bacterial ion channel SthK.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    A cryo-electron tomography study of ciliary rootlet organization

    Chris van Hoorn, Andrew P Carter
    Cryo-electron tomography uncovers the flexible, filamentous architecture of mouse ciliary rootlets and their regular cross-striations with extensive membrane connections.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Prebiotic Gas Flow Environment Enables Isothermal Nucleic Acid Replication

    Philipp Schwintek, Emre Eren ... Dieter Braun
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated

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