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  • 3066139856110215336994959876634913945PublicAssets/2512X-ray crystallography allows researchers to see structures too small to be seen by even the most powerful microscopes. To visualize the arrangement of atoms within molecules, researchers can use the diffraction patterns obtained by passing X-ray beams through crystals of the molecule. This is a common way for solving the structures of proteins. See image <a href="https://images.nigms.nih.gov/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=2511">2511</a> for an unlabeled version of this illustration. Featured in <a href="https://www.nigms.nih.gov/education/Booklets/The-Structures-of-Life/Pages/Home.aspx"><em>The Structures of Life</em></a>.Crabtree + CompanyNational Institute of General Medical SciencesIllustration

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    X-ray crystallography allows researchers to see structures too small to be seen by even the most powerful microscopes. To visualize the arrangement of atoms within molecules, researchers can use the diffraction patterns obtained by passing X-ray beams through crystals of the molecule. This is a common way for solving the structures of proteins. See image 2511 for an unlabeled version of this illustration. Featured in The Structures of Life.

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