The Gel Phase of OCR, a DNA Mimic

Condensed Matter lunchtime seminar

The Gel Phase of OCR, a DNA Mimic

  • Event time: 1:00pm
  • Event date: 13th December 2004
  • Speaker: Rik Higham (University of Edinburgh)
  • Location: Room 2511,

Event details

OCR is a protein that imitates the size, shape and charge of a bent piece of DNA. This allows it to perform a vital biological role: disabling a cell's defence against viruses. These physical properties must also be central to the gel phase of OCR. A gel is formed when salt is added to a solution of OCR, a process that causes all other proteins to precipitate. The structure of this gel is unknown and I will be describing a variety of techniques that we are using to investigate it.

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