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From Focus:
Disparate Proteins Structurally Identical
Though they lack any primary sequence similarity, SCAN domains from certain mammalian transcription factors and the C-terminal ends of retroviral capsid proteins appear to be structurally identical. This surprising relationship was uncovered when Gerhard Wagner, Tucker Collins (above), and colleagues solved the three-dimensional structure of the SCAN dimer from the mammalian protein ZNF174. The likeness suggests that these capsid proteins, including those from HIV, may form dimers in a totally unexpected way, which would explain some puzzling properties of the proteins.
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Cambridge Health Alliance Gains HMS Affiliation
With a new agreement between HMS and the Cambridge Health Alliance, the alliance’s Somerville Hospital joins its Cambridge Hospital as an HMS affiliate. Dennis Keefe, CEO of Cambridge Health Alliance, is pictured above.
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Center Seeks High-Tech Solutions to Patient Care Problems
Physicians and engineers in the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology, or CIMIT, are using advanced technologies to serve needy populations around the world.
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