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Daniel Gottstein1, Sina Reckel, Volker Dötsch

  • 1Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Structure (London, England : 1993)
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