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Structure of Rhombohedral 2 Zinc Insulin Crystals

Nature

The 1969 paper reporting the three dimensional structure of insulin, resolved by X-ray crystallography after thirty five years of work led by Dorothy Hodgkin, published in Nature, volume 224, pages 491 to 495.

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Author
M. J. Adams, T. L. Blundell, E. J. Dodson, G. G. Dodson, M. Vijayan, E. N. Baker, M. M. Harding, Dorothy C. Hodgkin, B. Rimmer and S. Sheat
Publisher
Nature
Publication Year
1969
Source Type
Journal article
Reliability Tier
1
The primary published paper in which insulin's three dimensional structure was resolved, the determination's own foundational source.
Sources
Structure of Rhombohedral 2 Zinc Insulin Crystals
M. J. Adams, T. L. Blundell, E. J. Dodson, G. G. Dodson, M. Vijayan, E. N. Baker, M. M. Harding, Dorothy C. Hodgkin, B. Rimmer and S. Sheat, Nature, 1969
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
  • Theories, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Scientists, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
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