Methodological trends in structural biology

Giuseppe Zanotti; Giuseppe Zanotti

doi:10.3934/biophy.2021020

AIMS Biophysics

2021, Volume 8, Issue 3: 264-266. doi: 10.3934/biophy.2021020

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Methodological trends in structural biology

Giuseppe Zanotti ^,

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Via Ugo Bassi 58B, 35131 Padova, Italy

Received: 29 June 2021 Accepted: 29 June 2021 Published: 02 July 2021

- cryo-Electron microscopy,
- cryo-EM,
- X-ray diffraction,
- NMR,
- X-FEL,
- phase problem
Citation: Giuseppe Zanotti. Methodological trends in structural biology[J]. AIMS Biophysics, 2021, 8(3): 264-266. doi: 10.3934/biophy.2021020

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