There is a gap between the nanoscale level of molecular structure and the micron-sized level of cellular ultrastructure that is difficult to probe experimentally. New techniques and simulated images are revealing its secrets.
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This work was supported in part by grant DUE-0618688 from the US National Science Foundation. This is manuscript 18982 from the Scripps Research Institute.
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Goodsell, D. Making the step from chemistry to biology and back. Nat Chem Biol 3, 681–684 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio1107-681
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