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The revolution will not be crystallized: a new method sweeps through structural biology

Move over X-ray crystallography. Cryo-electron microscopy is kicking up a storm by revealing the hidden machinery of the cell.

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Callaway, E. The revolution will not be crystallized: a new method sweeps through structural biology. Nature 525, 172–174 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/525172a

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