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Stepwise evolution of protein native structure with electrospray into the gas phase, 10(-12) to 10(2) s

Kathrin Breuker1, Fred W McLafferty

  • 1Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|November 27, 2008
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