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Protein assembles into Archimedean geometry

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Nature 569, 340-342 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01407-z

Updates & Corrections

  • Correction 13 May 2019: An earlier version of this article said that only 5 of the 11 thiol groups of an undecameric protein participate in metal-mediated connections to assemble into a pentagonal icositetrahedron. The correct number is 10 of the 11. The main text, figure and caption have been corrected accordingly.

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