International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume F
Crystallography of biological macromolecules
Edited by M. G. Rossmann and E. Arnold

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. F. ch. 1.2, pp. 4-9   | 1 | 2 |
https://doi.org/10.1107/97809553602060000655

Chapter 1.2. Historical background

M. G. Rossmanna*

aDepartment of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1392, USA
Correspondence e-mail: [email protected]

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