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. 2022 Feb 8;119(6):e2123197119.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2123197119.

Polymorphism in peptide self-assembly visualized

Matthew Tirrell  1
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Polymorphism in peptide self-assembly visualized

Matthew Tirrell. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
(Left) Rigid, regular assemblers organize into a supramolecular structure with all components in identical environments, as indicated by the number of contacts per assembler. (Right) Assemblers that can adopt local conformations that increase the number of favorable contacts produce a multisubunit assembling entity.
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