Author: Amy McGrath
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Amy McGrath is a second-year PhD student in A/Prof. Aaron Oakley's lab in School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong. Her thesis involves characterizing the alpha-sliding clamp protein structure and its interactions from bacteria to identify the protein as a target for novel broad-spectrum antibiotics using, primarily, X-ray crystallography and other biophysical techniques.
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Beta Sliding Clamp | A different type of donut – beta-sliding clamp |