research advances

Synopses of important developments in the field of structural biology and structural genomics, including advances from the Protein Structure Initiative. The featured articles and technical highlights are specially written for the Structural Biology Knowledgebase, while the research highlights are taken from NPG publications.

October 2008

featured articles
- Antiviral evasion
  Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 105, 13093-13098 (2008)
- New metal-binding domain
  J. Biol. Chem., doi:10.1074/jbc.M804746200 (2008)
research highlights
- Hedgehogs' view
  Nature, doi:10.1038/nature07358 (2008)
- Sodium switching
  Nat. Chem. Biol. 4, 624-631, (2008)
technical highlights
- Tuning membrane protein overexpression
  Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 105, 14371-14376 (2008)
- Modeling with SAXS
  J. Mol. Biol. 382, 1089-1106 (2008)