Journal of Capital Medical University ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 770-776.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7795.2017.05.027

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Cryo-electron microscopy:capture life in atomic details-the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Yang Hui, Li Shentao, Xue Bing   

  1. Core Facility Center, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
  • Received:2017-10-12 Online:2017-09-21 Published:2017-10-18

Abstract: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced that the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 was awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for their developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution.

Key words: the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, cryo-electron microscopy, high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules