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Clockwork That Drives Powerful Virus Nanomotor Discovered
Science Daily ^ | Dec. 31, 2008

Posted on 01/01/2009 12:09:19 PM PST by CE2949BB

ScienceDaily (Dec. 31, 2008) — Peering at structures only atoms across, researchers have identified the clockwork that drives a powerful virus nanomotor.

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: nanomotor; science; virus


Image of DNA entering the gp17 motor complex on the T4 capsid. (Credit: T4:2 - Motor Packing, Copyright 2008 Seyet LLC)

1 posted on 01/01/2009 12:09:20 PM PST by CE2949BB
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Suggests there’s a way to gum up the works.


2 posted on 01/01/2009 12:14:47 PM PST by stboz
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Gee, I thought they were going to find a small Jaques Cousteau, or Peter Singer, or Michael Moore pedaling furiously there....


3 posted on 01/01/2009 12:18:58 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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bmflr


4 posted on 01/01/2009 1:53:48 PM PST by Kevmo ( It's all over for this Country as a Constitutional Republic. ~Leo Donofrio, 12/14/08)
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