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Despite decades of study, the mechanisms that HIV employs at certain steps of its replication cycle remain relatively nebulous. One such step ...
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The proton dependent oligopeptide transporters (POTs) are a large family of integral membrane proteins that use the inwardly directed proton ...
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Rhomboids belong to the family of intramembrane proteases that use a catalytic dyad of serine and histidine for proteolysis of substrate ...
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Diamond is one of the most interesting materials for many applications in engineering, electronics, jewellery, and synchrotron radiation ...
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The relentless drive for greater information storage capacity in physically smaller devices has pushed the size of components to scales where ...
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Spintronic devices make use of the electron spin to store, recall and process data. Examples include the spin-valve read head, which has produced ...
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2011 is the International Year of Chemistry and also sees the launch of Sustainability as a University-wide societal engagement theme at ...
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Thin films comprising ordered stacks of purple membrane (PM) sheets containing the light-driven proton pump bacteriorhodopsin, were infiltrated ...
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To establish successful infection, a retrovirus must insert a DNA replica of its genome into host cell chromosomal DNA. This process is ...
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Lassa fever virus kills more than five thousand people in West Africa every year, with many survivors having hearing and neurological problems.1 ...
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The serpins are a family of proteins of special interest to structural biologists because of their ability to spontaneously undergo a profound ...
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In metallo-supramolecular chemistry small molecules are organised into larger, more complex assemblies through the use of reversible metal-ligand ...
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Anions are of central importance in natural, medical, and industrial systems: mis-regulation of chloride channels is known to be a cause of cystic ...
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Piezoelectric materials are mainstream components for both consumer and industrial applications in a market worth an estimated $10.7 billion ...
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We have made use of the I15 beamline at Diamond Light Source to investigate the high pressure behaviour of Ti2.85O4N, a novel oxynitride ...
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Tungstates of 3d-transition metals form an important family of inorganic materials with applications in various fields. CuWO4 is one of them, ...
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Iron is necessary for many cellular reactions and is therefore an essential nutrient for all living organisms. However, insolubility and toxicity ...
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Growing concerns about fuel security and global warming have made the development and use of sustainable (low carbon) sources of energy an ...
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Spherulites are roughly spherical structures, and their name derives from the Greek for ‘ball’ and ‘stone’. Spherulites occur in various forms in ...
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Templates are widely used to arrange molecular components so that they can be covalently linked to generate complex molecules that are not readily ...