The structure of a bacterial protein belonging to the 'sugar porter' family guides the building of long-sought molecular models of proteins that transport glucose across cell membranes in humans. See Article p.361
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Henderson, P., Baldwin, S. Bundles of insights into sugar transporters. Nature 490, 348–349 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/490348a
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