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Mre11 U-Shaped Dimer

Caption: Small-angle x-ray scattering confirmed the U-shape of the Mre11 dimer (gray envelope) in solution. Although of lower resolution than crystallography, SAXS was used to establish the orientation of the dimer's components, as shown in ribbon format.

Credit: Williams, Tainer et al, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Scripps Research Institute

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