What do protein crystallographers dream of? The eukaryotic ribosome, the spliceosome, the nuclear-pore complex, the HIV trimer and almost any transmembrane protein, finds Ananyo Bhattacharya.
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Bhattacharya, A. Protein structures: Structures of desire. Nature 459, 24–27 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/459024a
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