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I PROPOSE to deal here particularly with the investigation of the structure of crystalline proteins by X-ray analysis. It is a formidable task. X-ray analysis is being extended to ever more com-plex molecules ; but in the proteins we are confronted with a degree of somplexity several orders higher than that of the most complex organic molecules which have hitherto been determined with success. The following table of molecular weights indicates the natuce of the problem :
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BRAGG, L. Giant Molecules. Nature 164, 7–10 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164007a0
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