Word: kendrew
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...ways. One approach is through genetics: learning about the chemistry of reproduction of small and comparatively simple organisms like molds. Another approach is through X-ray studies of proteins, with the X rays scattering in patterns and giving clues about protein structure. Using this technique, Cambridge's Dr. John Kendrew recently located a large part of the 2,500 coiled-up atoms in myoglobin, a rather simple protein. The size of the entire problem is suggested by the fact that most protein molecules are much bigger than myoglobin, and that there are about 100,000 different proteins in the human...