Recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy are enabling researchers to solve protein structures at near-atomic resolutions, expanding the biological applicability of this technique. Michael Eisenstein reports.
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Eisenstein, M. The field that came in from the cold. Nat Methods 13, 19–22 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3698
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