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Role of redox environment on the oligomerization of higher molecular weight adiponectin

David B Briggs1, Rebecca M Giron, Pamela R Malinowski

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.

BMC Biochemistry
|May 24, 2011
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