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Poetry in Motion: Catching Molecules in Action

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Journal IUCrJ
Date 2024 Mar 6
PMID 38446455
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Abstract

Researchers have long sought to `see' proteins and other macromolecules in motion, to better understand their functions. Technological developments, notably advances in serial crystallography, are now making these dreams a reality, heralding a new era of kinetic crystallography.

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