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X-ray crystallography

Technique that diffracts X-rays through ordered protein or small-molecule crystals to determine atomic-resolution three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules and their complexes.

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X-ray crystallography

Nature communications · 2026
X-ray crystallography

ZWZhaokun WangSSSimon Scheuring
Nature communications · 2025