title: Macromolecular crystals.
abstract: X-ray crystallography is a powerful technique for revealing the structure of large molecules. The first requirement-and a difficult one-is to make nearly flawless crystals of the protein or nucleic acid under study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McPherson
mesh_terms: D003461:Crystallography; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins