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. 2023 Jun 27;42(6):112622.
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112622. Epub 2023 Jun 7.

Structural biology of an organ

David W Taylor  1
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Structural biology of an organ

David W Taylor. Cell Rep. .

Abstract

Su et al.1 use a build-and-retrieve approach to both identify and determine structures of ten macromolecular machines in the human liver. The authors' method will launch researchers forward in understanding the structural biology of the cell (or organ).

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.. Human liver structural proteomics.
Su. et. al (1) perform cryo-EM of human liver microsomes lysates and using their build-and-retrieve platform identify and determine 10 near-atomic structures of key macromolecular machines.
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