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Title :

Protein Machines

Description :

Genomes are "brought to life" by being read out or "expressed" according to a complex set of directions embedded in the DNA sequence. The products of expression are proteins that do essentially all the work of the cell: they build cellular structures, digest nutrients, execute other metabolic functions, and mediate much of the information flow within a cell and among cellular communities. To accomplish these tasks, proteins typically work together with other proteins or nucleic acids as multicomponent "molecular machines" -- structures that fit together and function in highly specific, lock-and-key ways.

Citation :

Genomes to Life Program Roadmap, April 2001, DOE/SC-0036, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, http://genomicsgtl.energy.gov/.

Credit or Source :

Genome Management Information System, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Hi Res :

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Almost all the images on these pages are original graphics created by the U.S. Department of Energy Genome Program's Genome Management Information System (GMIS). You will recognize GMIS images by their credit line. Permission to use these graphics is not needed, but please credit the U.S. Department of Energy Genome Programs and provide the website http://genomics.energy.gov. All other images were provided by third parties and not created by the U.S. Department of Energy. You must contact the person listed in the credit line before using those images.