In the second part of our online science exhibition, Nestor Sampedro from Ebbe Andersen’s lab at Aarhus University will exhibit images about the 6-helix bundle.
In this related post, Nestor provides a more though explanation of the exhibits below.
The RNA polymerase reads the information written on the gene and produces the respective RNA, that folds into the desired shape.
In the explanatory post ‘The 6 Helix Bundle“, you will find a video animation of this 3D model.With only 4 different motifs that we find in nature it is possible to build a 3D structure like the 6-helix bundle. These bundles are just below 20 nm long, scale bar is 100 nm.
You will also find a simulation of a 6-helix bundle made out of RNA in the related post. These devices are actually quite floppy and this is an approximation of how they would look inside a cell!
DNA-Robotics 
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