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CONTENTS
Preface
Chapter 1: Proteins are the Body's Worker Molecules
Proteins Are Made From Small Building Blocks
Proteins Fold Into Spirals and Sheets
The Problem of Protein Folding
Structural Genomics: From Gene to Structure, and Perhaps Function
Chapter 2: X-Ray Crystallography: Art Marries Science
Crystal Cookery
Why X-Rays?
Synchrotron Radiation„One of the Brightest Lights on Earth
Scientist Get MAD at the Synchrotron
Chapter 3: The World of NMR: Magnets, Radio Waves, and Detective Work
The Many Dimensions of NMR
Spectroscopists Get NOESY for Structures
A Detailed Structure: Just the Beginning
Chapter 4: Structure-based Drug Design: From the Computer to the Clinic
Revealing the Target
A Hope for the Future
Gripping Arthritis With "Super Aspirin"
Chapter 5: Beyond Drug Design
Muscle Contraction
Transcription and Translation
Photosynthesis
Signal Transduction
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