Trimers of Dimers (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Trimers of Dimers

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This is a model of the hexagonal arrangement of the chemoreceptors in what are known as "trimers of dimers."

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Molecular Microbiology/Ariane Briegel, Caltech

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