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Protein crystals

ID Number
1060

Description
Structural biologists create crystals of proteins, shown here, as a first step in a process called X-ray crystallography, which can reveal detailed, three-dimensional protein structures.

Type
Photograph

Source
Alex McPherson, University of California, Irvine

Credit Line
Alex McPherson, University of California, Irvine