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Brief encounters bolster contacts

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Molecules often work together in complexes to carry out their functions in the cell. But how do they get together in such a dynamic environment? A structural study follows proteins as they meet their partners.

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Figure 1: Protein–protein interactions.

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  1. This article and the paper concerned2 were published online on 15 October 2006.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1GA, Cambridge, UK

    Tom L. Blundell

  2. Institute of Biomedical Research, Barcelona Science Park, Barcelona, 08028, Spain

    Juan Fernández-Recio

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Blundell, T., Fernández-Recio, J. Brief encounters bolster contacts. Nature 444, 279–280 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05306

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