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The Three-Dimensional Structure of a Protein Molecule

The way in which the chain of amino acid units in a protein molecule is coiled and folded in space has been worked out for the first time. The protein is myoglobin, the molecule of which contains 2,600 atoms

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 205 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “The Three-Dimensional Structure of a Protein Molecule” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 205 No. 6 (), p. 96
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1261-96