Free Heme and the Polymerization of Sickle Cell Hemoglobin
β Scribed by Uzunova, Veselina V.; Pan, Weichun; Galkin, Oleg; Vekilov, Peter G.
- Book ID
- 119207455
- Publisher
- Biophysical Society
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 494 KB
- Volume
- 99
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3495
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