Atomic Positions in Rhombohedral 2-Zinc Insulin Crystals

@article{Blundell1971AtomicPI,
  title={Atomic Positions in Rhombohedral 2-Zinc Insulin Crystals},
  author={T. Blundell and J. Cutfield and S. Cutfield and E. Dodson and G. Dodson and D. Hodgkin and D. Mercola and M. Vijayan},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1971},
  volume={231},
  pages={506-511}
}
Atomic positions in three dimensions have been derived for the two non-identical molecules of insulin in rhombohedral 2-zinc insulin crystals. Interesting correlations appear in their relation to the sequence variations observed so far in natural insulins. 
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