Structural Biology and Its Applications to the Health Sciences

• Main Authors: Aaron J Oakley, Albert Ketterman, Matthew Cj Wilce
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Sickle; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1048.2721; http://neuron.mefst.hr/docs/CMJ/issues/2001/42/4/11471188.pdf

Part of the decipherment of genomic information lies in understanding the structure and function of the protein products of these genes. Protein structure is of further importance because of the molecular basis of many diseases. Structural biology is the field of research focusing on the experimenta...