1917–1997 English chemist and molecular biologist who built the first atomic model of a protein molecule.
Keywords: myoglobin; X-ray crystallography; atomic models
Kendrew, John Cowdery
Max Perutz, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
Published online: February 2002
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002844
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Figure 1. John Cowdery Kendrew (1917–1997), building the first atomic model of a protein, myoglobin, in 1959.
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| Further Reading | |
| book Kendrew JC (1961) "The three-dimensional structure of a protein molecule". Scientific American December: 96–104. | |
