Tiny worm, giant leap: Discovery of highly specific fatty acid attachment to proteins
Fluorescence imaging of C. elegans fed with a new chemical probe developed in this study—a branched-chain fatty acid analog. The red signal derives from selective “click chemistry” reaction between the probe and a red fluorescent dye. Credit: Schroeder Lab/Boyce Thompson Institute In a world where the intricacies of molecular biology often seem as vast and