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Creating Artificial Proteins

Posted by samzenpus on from the make-me-a-new-hand dept.

Spy der Mann writes "By examining how proteins have evolved, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have been able to design genes to create artificial proteins. The researchers have discovered a set of simple "rules" that nature appears to use to design proteins. By feeding these rules into a computer program, they were able to obtain a sequence of artificial genes. These genes were then inserted into laboratory bacteria, producing the artificial proteins as expected."

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  1. Re:Roland Piquepaille??? by ScrewMaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does anyone know what Roland Piquepaille thinks about this?

    More importantly, does anyone care what Roland Piquepaille thinks about this? About anything?

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  2. Re:Name that film... by eobanb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For everyone's info, I believe this is a Simpsons joke.

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