structural biology

English

Noun

structural biology (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, biology) A branch of biochemistry or biophysics in which the three-dimensional structures of biomolecules, such as proteins, DNA, or RNA, are obtained using X-ray crystallography or nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR).

Derived terms

  • structural biologist

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