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Electron Cryomicroscopy Comes of Age

MAR 01, 1999
Electrons make excellent probes of biological molecules—provided they don’t destroy the specimen.

DOI: 10.1063/1.882609

Evolution has so purposefully crafted biological molecules that their function is often revealed by their structure. Much of what we know about the molecular basis of life has come from determining the structures of the molecular participants.

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Volume 52, Number 3

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