Early demonstrations of crio e t from baun meister's group included snapshots of the cells of dictiostelium, a bacteria guzzling ameba that lives in soil. The team revealed, among other things, previously unseen characteristics of intricate protein networks that make up the ameba sito skeleton. At any given time, a protein is in a complex with about ten other proteins. After all, proteins are social. And this is how proteins live.
Cutting-edge microscopy techniques are letting researchers visualize biological molecules within cells, rather than studying them in isolation. This approach is providing new insights into how these structures interact in this complex environment.This is an audio version of our feature: The secret lives of cells — as never seen before
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