Sentences with phrase «into nanodiscs»

They inserted human cell receptors — protein molecules that let outside signals into the cell — into the nanodiscs, the first time this has been done to capture a virus capsid.

The researchers successfully produced copies of the receptor in E. coli and assembled them into nanodiscs.

So, Seunghun Hong, Tai Hyun Park and colleagues wanted to see if they could put the receptor into nanodiscs to create a sensitive and specific detector for cadaverine.

They used cryo - EM analysis to decipher the engineered ATP synthase, which was synthesized in yeast and reconstituted into nanodiscs to allow for structural analysis.

«In our experiment, it buried its tail into the nanodisc, giving us a mock membrane displaying the appropriate receptor to bind to the virus.»