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Progress away from ‘no crystals, no grant’

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  1. Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry (NIGMS) National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA

    Peter C. Preusch

  2. Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics (NIGMS), National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA

    John C. Norvell

  3. Director, Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics (NIGMS), National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA

    James C. Cassatt

  4. Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA

    Marvin Cassman

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