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Cover Image: The X-ray crystal structure of lactose synthase (β-(1,4) galactosyltransferase Ι-α-lactalbumin binary complex) with the acceptor substrate, β-D-glucopyranose, bound in the active site. With permission from: B. Ramakrishnan and Pradman K. Qasba, Journal of Molecular Biology 2001, 310, 205-218.

We thank Dr. Andy Mesecar in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois-Chicago, for preparing the image for publication.

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