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Jan Liphardt, of the Physical Biosciences Division, has led research that shows how thousands of bacterial membrane proteins are able to assemble into clusters that direct cell movement to select chemicals in their environment

Image comment: Jan Liphardt, of the Physical Biosciences Division, has led research that shows how thousands of bacterial membrane proteins are able to assemble into clusters that direct cell movement to select chemicals in their environment
Image credits: Roy Kaltschmidt / Berkeley Lab Public Affairs via EurekAlert

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Jan Liphardt, of the Physical Biosciences Division, has led research that shows how thousands of bacterial membrane proteins are able to assemble into clusters that direct cell movement to select chemicals in their environment
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