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Correction: Dramatic and concerted conformational changes enable rhodocetin to block α2β1 integrin selectively

Johannes A Eble, Matthew McDougall, George L Orriss

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    PubMed
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    This study corrects a previous article DOI. The corrected DOI is 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001492.

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