In 1957, an imaging technique called X-ray crystallography gave scientists their first detailed look at a protein’s structure, unlocking a hidden world of biology. Since then, it’s become an essential tool for mapping the 3D structure of hundreds of thousands of proteins—many of which are now stored in the Protein Data Bank.
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