#x-ray-crystallography

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fromWorld History Encyclopedia
5 months ago

The untold story of Rosalind Franklin's role in discovering DNA's double helix

Watson and Crick discovered DNA's structure in 1953, using critical X-ray data from Rosalind Franklin, whose contributions remain disputed and underrecognized.
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7 months ago

Author Correction: Crystal structure of heliorhodopsin

Extended Data Fig. 2e duplicated Extended Data Fig. 6a and Fig. 1 had TM4 and TM6 labels switched; corrected figures are provided in the Supplementary Information.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
8 months ago

Poem: Love Letter from Photograph 51'

I am the image, that final clue.I know only this lab, where light can simmer for days,coaxing shadows to slowly definethe tiny drop you tip so carefully onto the end of a twisted paperclip. The lab, and you, squinting into the lensof a machine you developedhydrogen gas pumped through a salt solution on the fulcrum between question and discovery.
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fromwww.nature.com
8 months ago

Crystal structures of agonist-bound human cannabinoid receptor CB1

Agonist-bound CB1 crystal structures show binding-pocket contraction, G protein interface expansion, and a twin toggle switch essential for receptor activation, informing cannabinoid ligand design.
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