| DATE: |
2006-04-14 10:00 - 11:00 |
| PLACE: |
no data of english place field |
| TITLE: |
Structural tales of cockroaches, tails and blue fish |
| SPEAKER: |
Dr. Ramaswamy Subramanian (Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa) |
| LANGUAGE: |
English |
| URL: |
http://pfwww.kek.jp/pf-seminar/ |
| ABSTRACT: |
Cockroach tale: The story of a species of cockroach that not only lays eggs but also replenishes its young ones with milk has an interesting side scene.
The embryo of these cockroaches crystallize a protein in their gut during gestation. These protein crystals, that diffract to atomic resolution are highly glycosylated. Our efforts at studying these crystals and structure determination will be presented.
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