Memory (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Rice University

Memory (1 of 2)

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Actin pulls upon and stabilizes soluble cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding proteins into longer, insoluble prion-like fibers, a process believed to be key to stabilizing long-term memories. Rice University researchers simulated the force (F) applied by actin through computer models that predict how proteins are likely to find their least-energetic (and most stable) states.

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Mingchen Chen/Rice University

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