Probing proteins

摘要

The importance of protein science was recognized long ago when the 1948 Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Arne Tiselius for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of serum proteins. However, it was the work of Franklin, Collins, Crick, and Watson that vastly impacted our thinking about biology. By discovering the structure of DNA, these scientists both captivated the world’s attention and sparked an interest in better understanding the information encoded by our genes. We are now at a stage where scientists are sequencing genomes faster than people can download music illegally.