3D image of human Mediator-bound transcription pre-initiation complex (Med-PIC) (VIDEO)

Northwestern University

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To reconstruct a 3D image of the human Mediator-bound transcription pre-initiation complex, researchers first captured hundreds of thousands of images of the Med-PIC complex. They then used computational methods to reconstruct a 3D image.

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