crystallography

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crys·tal·log·ra·phy | \ ˌkri-stə-ˈlä-grə-fē

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Definition of crystallography

: a science that deals with the forms and structures of crystals

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Recent Examples on the Web Data from x-ray crystallography and cryo–electron microscopy experiments can be difficult to interpret, Baek and others say, and having a model can help. — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 22 July 2021 Moult says structural biologists have dreamed for decades that accurate computer models would one day augment extremely precise protein shapes derived from experimental methods such as x-ray crystallography. — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 22 July 2021 Franklin was a brilliant scientist in her own right — a physical chemist — and rose to discover the structure of DNA through laborious investigation with X-ray crystallography. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 July 2021 Another technique, x-ray crystallography, has long been the gold standard for mapping individual atoms within a 3D protein structure. — Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, 31 Dec. 2020 Yonath and Brian Kobilka won Nobel Prizes for using x-ray crystallography to understand cell structures that are vital targets for drug development. — The Editors, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2013 One of her students took the first photo of DNA through X-ray crystallography. — Halley Bondy, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2021 So, McLellan used x-ray crystallography—a technique that uses x-ray beams to determine the structure of proteins—to capture an image of the prefusion protein for the first time. — Daniel Wrapp, Science, 31 Dec. 2020 For decades, researchers deciphered proteins’ 3D structures using experimental techniques such as x-ray crystallography or cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM). — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 30 Nov. 2020

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“Crystallography.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crystallography. Accessed 26 Sep. 2021.

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