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Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Carbohydrate Transport Substrate-binding-protein SP0092
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Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Carbohydrate Transport Substrate-binding-protein SP0092

Published on: October 2, 2017

[Spatial configuration of the carbohydrate portion of carminomycins II and III]

I A Spiridonova, N N Lomakina

    Antibiotiki
    |April 1, 1982
    PubMed

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