SLAC Researcher Discovers 'huge' Cavity in Key Tuberculosis Molecule (VIDEO)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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Cornelius Gati and other researchers were studying a protein thought to be important for the progression of tuberculosis when he made a strange discovery, unlike anything scientists have seen before: a giant cavity that could transport a wide range of molecules in and out of tuberculosis bacteria.

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Olivier Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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