Thursday, September 24, 2026
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Shared blueprint in aphid proteins helps AI predict their structures

Tiny insects called aphids inject hundreds of mysterious proteins into plants, hijacking the plants' own genomes to build galls: structures made of plant tissue but constructed to the insects' specifications to house and feed their offspring.

Shared blueprint in aphid proteins helps AI predict their structures
Image: Phys.org
Tiny insects called aphids inject hundreds of mysterious proteins into plants, hijacking the plants' own genomes to build galls: structures made of plant tissue but constructed to the insects' specifications to house and feed their offspring.

Originally published at Phys.org

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