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Thalidomide effect – Fig. 3.29 1 optical isomer is a safe tranquilizer – mirror image inhibits blood vessel formation – use as anticancer drug?. Thalidomide taken during narrow windows of limb formation gave reduced or no arms or legs – apparently by affecting blood vessel formation.
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Thalidomide effect – Fig. 3.29 1 optical isomer is a safe tranquilizer – mirror image inhibits blood vessel formation – use as anticancer drug?
Thalidomide taken during narrow windows of limb formation gave reduced or no arms or legs – apparently by affecting blood vessel formation
phageT4 thymidylate synthase. White: structure maintained; Red: universally conserved in bacteria and eukaryotes; yellow: unique to T4; purple: like archae