Nonfiction Quote by D. T. Max

“This chapter reveals and elaborates upon the exquisite beauty of protein structure.”

— Reginald H. Garrett

“You see, we—all of us—are alike at our core. From the lowest microorganism to the highest form of Sentient, we share the most basic…

— Jennifer Foehner Wells

As can be seen even by this limited number of examples proteins carry out amazingly diverse functions.

— Michael Behe

Proteins aren't designed, they're evolved.

— Frances Arnold

Think about the whole world of biological complex sciences. We still don't understand the way a protein folds the way it does.

— Ahmed H. Zewail

The mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with similar energy. It would not…

— Wilfred Trotter

Moreover the incorporation requires the same components needed for protein synthesis, and is inhibited by the same inhibitors. Thus the system is most unlikely…

— Francis Crick

If you mix up chirality, a protein's properties change enormously. Life couldn't operate with just random mixtures of stuff,

— Ronald Breslow

Using the power of protein engineering and evolution, we can convince enzymes to take what they do poorly and do it really well.

— Frances Arnold

I realized that the way most people were going about protein engineering was doomed failure.

— Frances Arnold

One amino acid does not a protein make-let alone a being.

— Preston Cloud

Proteins are the machinery of living tissue that builds the structures and carries out the chemical reactions necessary for life.

— Michael Behe