In the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1, Stargate Command (also known as the SGC), is located in the Cheyenne Mountain complex in Colorado. It houses the Stargate through which SG teams are sent to other worlds. In the film Stargate before the formal establishment of the SGC a fictional facility under Creek Mountain, Colorado was used as a base of Stargate operations instead.
Built into the mountain to protect itself from nuclear attack, the complex is also protected from the Goa'uld - although in alternate universes revealed in several episodes of the show, it was unable to withstand a large-scale space-based assault by them. Instead, the SGC relies primarily upon the "Iris" to prevent hostile travellers from entering via the Stargate itself.
Levels of Interest
Level 28 is host to the Embarkation Room also called the Gateroom. It is in this room that the Stargate is located.
Research at the SGC is divided into three areas: structural genomics of soluble proteins, structural genomics of integral membrane proteins, and structural chemistry of soluble proteins.
The SGC deposited its 275th structure into the Protein Data Bank in August 2006 and is currently operating at a pace of 170 structures per year at a cost of USD$125,000 per structure.
The SGC in engaged in a pilot project in the structural genomics of integral membrane proteins.
The SGC has to date (October 2006) determined the structures of ~300 novel human and pathogen proteins and thus contributed a significant fraction of the total number of depositions in the PDB from mid-2004 to date.
The SGC research is focused at protein families (such as protein kinases, GTPases and Oxidoreductases) with a goal to provide a complete structural description of all its members to allow detailed description of distinct structural features (e.g.
SGC Oxford is providing the results of experimental work performed on 86 Human and 14 bacterial protein targets via the SGC Oxford web site [de-prioritised targets].
Feeds |
Contact