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Protein arrays made to order

Symmetric protein molecules can be fused together with genetic techniques to produce molecular building blocks that self-assemble into specific ordered structures.

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Figure 1: Schematic diagram showing symmetry-based strategies for designing proteins to assemble into ordered arrays.

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Yeates, T. Protein arrays made to order. Nature Nanotech 6, 541–542 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2011.127

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