Self-assembly : nature's way to do it. / Kuniaki Nagayama. VR1 8.

Self-Assembly: Natures's Way to Do It / Kuniaki Nagayama, The University of Tokyo: Biology operates at two levels: the large scale one which we can see and the underlying microscopic one. The amazing way in which intermolecular forces cause protein arrays to self-assemble and thus enable Nature to fabricate the large scale components of living systems is described.