Symmetry at the Cellular Mesoscale
Symmetry plays a functional role in the structure and action of biomolecules and their associations and interactions in living cells. This symmetry is a natural consequence of the evolutionary mechanisms that lead to the development of life, and it ranges from perfect point-group symmetry in protein...
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| description | Symmetry plays a functional role in the structure and action of biomolecules and their associations and interactions in living cells. This symmetry is a natural consequence of the evolutionary mechanisms that lead to the development of life, and it ranges from perfect point-group symmetry in protein oligomers to more approximate symmetries in the higher-order mesoscale structure of cellular environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cd22bc4a64f84c1cb33b2af13e4fb40e2022-12-22T03:19:24ZengMDPI AGSymmetry2073-89942019-09-01119117010.3390/sym11091170sym11091170Symmetry at the Cellular MesoscaleDavid S. Goodsell0Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USASymmetry plays a functional role in the structure and action of biomolecules and their associations and interactions in living cells. This symmetry is a natural consequence of the evolutionary mechanisms that lead to the development of life, and it ranges from perfect point-group symmetry in protein oligomers to more approximate symmetries in the higher-order mesoscale structure of cellular environments.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/11/9/1170protein symmetryprotein functionprotein structurecellular mesoscalequasisymmetrymolecular evolution |
| spellingShingle | David S. Goodsell Symmetry at the Cellular Mesoscale Symmetry protein symmetry protein function protein structure cellular mesoscale quasisymmetry molecular evolution |
| title | Symmetry at the Cellular Mesoscale |
| title_full | Symmetry at the Cellular Mesoscale |
| title_fullStr | Symmetry at the Cellular Mesoscale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Symmetry at the Cellular Mesoscale |
| title_short | Symmetry at the Cellular Mesoscale |
| title_sort | symmetry at the cellular mesoscale |
| topic | protein symmetry protein function protein structure cellular mesoscale quasisymmetry molecular evolution |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/11/9/1170 |
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