Wednesday, January 30, 2008

G N RAMACHANDRAN

HE IS A PIONEER IN APPLYING X-RAY DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUE TO STUDY THE STRUCTURE OF PROTEIN MOLECULES.HE DISCOVERED THAT COLLAGEN HAS TRIPLE HELICAL STRUCTURE.HIS GROUP AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE(MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS DIVISION) STUDIED A NUMBER OF GIANT MOLECULES LIKE PROTEIN,NUCLEIC ACID AND POLYSACCHARIDES.

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