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Atomic Scale Structural Studies of Macromolecular Assemblies by Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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NMR studies of molecular conformations in alpha-cyclodextrin

Johan Thaning, Baltzar Stevensson, Jennie Ostervall

    The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B
    |June 26, 2008
    PubMed

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