Hecht and the students in his lab study the relationship between biological processes on the molecular scale and processes at work on a larger magnitude. For example, he is studying how the errant folding of proteins in the brain can lead to Alzheimer's disease, and is involved in a search for compounds to thwart that process. In work that relates to the new paper, Hecht and his students also are interested in learning what processes drive the routine folding of proteins on a basic level -- as proteins need to fold in order to function -- and why certain key sequences have evolved to be central to existence.
It refers to the difference of scale between molecules and proteins. Proteins are made up of molecules, so they are on a larger scale, a larger magnitude, than molecules.
It refers to the difference of scale between molecules and proteins. Proteins are made up of molecules, so they are on a larger scale, a larger magnitude, than molecules.
Thanks.
So "processes at work" refers "the larger molecular scale processes at their experiment"?
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Setanta
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Wed 12 Jan, 2011 07:15 am
No, it refers to the proteins, those which are of a larger magnitude than molecules.
No, it refers to the proteins, those which are of a larger magnitude than molecules.
So what does "at work" mean there?
I should have written:
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So "processes at work" refers "the larger scaled molecules (proteins) processes at their experiment"?
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Setanta
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Wed 12 Jan, 2011 07:39 am
I sometimes despair of your comprehension, despite your excellent progress in English. It means the proteins reacting in the process in which they replace the natural proteins which were removed--the genes.
Hmm. both the molecular scale processes at work and larger scale processes at work?
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Setanta
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Wed 12 Jan, 2011 10:37 am
Sure.
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JTT
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Wed 12 Jan, 2011 12:14 pm
@Setanta,
I often despair of the depth of your stupidity. In your own language, you, time and again make the dumbest mistakes imaginable. And what's so odd is that you are so persistent in parading your ignorance.
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