Structure and dynamics of L-selenomethionine in the solid state

Jaroslaw Gajda1, Justyna Pacholczyk, Anna Bujacz

  • 1Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Łódz, Poland.

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