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On the application of phase relationships to complex structures. XXXV. Some experiments with 2-Zn insulin

M Mukherjee1, M M Woolfson

  • 1Department of Solid Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Calcutta, India.

Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Biological Crystallography
|September 1, 1995
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