Hemoglobin structure

The structure of the hemoglobin molecule was deciphered using advanced techniques involving X-ray diffraction and heavy metal atoms. This advance allowed for a detailed understanding of protein structures essential to biology.
 Max Ferdinand Perutz and John Cowdery Kendrew England 1959 Hemoglobin structure

The structure of the hemoglobin molecule was deciphered using advanced techniques involving X-ray diffraction and heavy metal atoms. This advance allowed for a detailed understanding of protein structures essential to biology.