Reply to Bharat et al.: Continuity or discontinuity, that is the question
Domenica Farci, Dario Piano · 2023
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Farci and Piano wrote a reply in twenty twenty-three to a letter from Bharat and colleagues about the outer covering of a hardy bacterium. The bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans, wraps itself in a layered envelope built from several protein complexes. The dispute turns on how parts of that covering connect.
The authors argue the two groups' findings fit together rather than clash. Bharat's group studied patches of one outer part, while Farci and Piano studied intact envelope patches. They present microscope maps showing a central complex ringed by six units of two other types. They also question older methods that used harsh chemicals, which may have changed the proteins before study.
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| CREATOR | Domenica Farci, Dario Piano |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 7 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |