Molecules Revealed in a Seemingly Empty Cellular Pocket (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Molecules Revealed in a Seemingly Empty Cellular Pocket

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A rotating 3D image of the seemingly empty pocket at one end of a Caulobacter cell now shows the precise locations of PopZ molecules. The pocket looks lumpy because it has been manually colored in to highlight the area where researchers thought the molecules might be, but couldn't identify directly in cryoelectron tomography.

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Peter Dahlberg et al., PNAS, 8 June 2020

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