Focus on proteins

Genes may get the most attention, but it is proteins - the products of most genes - that build and control cells.

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Structural Genomics Consortium releases 1000th protein structure

The Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), an international public-private partnership that aims to determine three-dimensional structures of medically important proteins, announced the release into the public domain of its 1000th high-resolution protein structure. 27/09/10

Researchers crack structures of human protein family

Scientists from the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) have characterised the structures of a family of proteins associated with a range of human diseases, which will aid the development of new therapeutic targets. 26/01/09

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features
	Structurally sound: deciphering protein structures How different types of genetic study help link genes to human disease. 31/08/07

	Surface talk: Cells' communication systems When two cells meet, they talk to each other through the proteins that stud their surfaces. 16/12/04

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background
	Metabolomics The global study of all the small molecules produced in the human body. 08/01/03

	Protein structure The three-dimensional structure of a protein is crucial to its function. 08/01/03

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"If the nineteenth century was the century of chemistry and the twentieth century the century of physics, the twenty-first century promises to be the century of biology." Dinesh D'Souza

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