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Metabolic Labeling of Leucine Rich Repeat Kinases 1 and 2 with Radioactive Phosphate
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Published on: September 18, 2013

The radiolysis and racemization of leucine on proton irradiation

W A Bonner, R M Lemmon, H E Conzett

    Origins of Life
    |March 1, 1982
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