1.   In addition, protein structure, post-translational modification, or interaction with other proteins may affect site recognition.

2.   Despite the advances, it still takes weeks to go from a gene sequence to a three-dimensional protein structure.

3.   Japan is beginning a big project that will use magnetic resonance to determine protein structures.

4.   Moreover, structural genomics will tackle only a tiny subset of all protein structures, making it far less comprehensive than the Human Genome Project.

5.   One case in point is Structural GenomiX, a small but cutting-edge firm studying protein structures, which may offer breakthroughs in designing drugs for diseases like cystic fibrosis.

6.   So far, a search of computer databases of protein structures has turned up one intriguing match.

7.   The center is seeking to do the same with protein structures, another potential drug target whose results would be released into a public database.

8.   The organism cloaks its protein structure in a veil of fatlike material, a stratagem that denies obvious targets both to the immune system and to vaccine-makers.

9.   The patenting of protein structures could be as disputed as the patenting of genes.

10.   The public project aims to determine the shapes of a wide variety of proteins to understand protein structures better.