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. 2023 Jun 29;21(6):e3002187.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002187. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Structural biology: A golden era

Oliviero Carugo  1 , Kristina Djinović-Carugo  2   3   4
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Structural biology: A golden era

Oliviero Carugo et al. PLoS Biol. .

Abstract

In the past 2 decades, structural biology has transformed from a single technique used on single proteins to a multimodal integrative approach. Recently, protein structure prediction algorithms have opened new avenues to address challenging biological questions.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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