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Methods to Identify the NMR Resonances of the 13C-Dimethyl N-terminal Amine on Reductively Methylated Proteins
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Methods to Identify the NMR Resonances of the 13C-Dimethyl N-terminal Amine on Reductively Methylated Proteins

Published on: December 12, 2013

Purification and characterization of N-methylalanine dehydrogenase

M C Lin, C Wagner

    The Journal of Biological Chemistry
    |May 25, 1975
    PubMed

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