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Between objectivity and subjectivity

Protein crystallography is an exacting trade, and the results may contain errors that are difficult to identify. It is the crystallographer's responsibility to make sure that incorrect protein structures do not reach the literature.

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Bränd´en, CI., Alwyn Jones, T. Between objectivity and subjectivity. Nature 343, 687–689 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/343687a0

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