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How fast does a protein fold? Real-time technique captures the moment

Proteins assume complex 3D shapes even faster than does DNA, which is a simpler molecule. Scientists say they have made some of the first direct measurements of how long it takes an individual, ordinary protein to fold. The results were surprising: they found no relationship between a protein’s sequence or size and how long it takes to fo... [2653 chars]

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