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  • Image attributed to: Fig 2A Canals-Hamann BMC Biophysics 2013 6,2

    Chromatin influences transcription factories

    Chromatin can act as a multi-block copolymer with active-inactive monomers that spontaneously self-organize to form microdomains, demonstrating that geometrical constraints alone can potentially yield an organized transcription factory.

    BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:2
  • Image attributed to: Fig 6A Baschek et al 2012 BMC Biophysics

    Piecing together the puzzle of virus self-assembly

    Computational modeling of the way that viruses are able to self-assemble their protein capsid coats suggests that for complex viruses with more stable bonds, a piecemeal hierarchical assembly process is most likely.

    BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:22
  • Image attributed to: Fig 1 Victor et al BMC Biophysics (2012) 5, 21

    Mechanical properties of chromatin, revisited

    A zig-zag model of chromatin fiber morphology is able to quantitatively explain the mechanical properties of chromatin under external stress, and provides an alternative explanation to the widespread solenoid model interpretation.

    BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:21
  • Image attributed to: Fig 4b Schneider et al (2012) BMC Biophysics 5, 19

    Shedding light on shell super-structures

    The hierarchical super-structure of abalone mollusc shells can be revealed by conventional light microscopy methods, opening the potential to study shell growth mechanisms in vivo at high resolution.

    BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:19
  • Image attributed to: Fig 1 Endres (2012) BMC Biophysics 5,18

    Intracellular chemical gradients in bacteria

    Robert Endres discusses a new study in BMC Biophysics that supports the emerging view that intracellular chemical gradients can exist in bacterial cells, and how these may limit in vitro analyses.

    BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:18
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