Probing the Affinity of Polyanions for Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor by Unfolding Kinetics
β Scribed by H. Mach; C.R. Middaugh
- Book ID
- 115564854
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 664 KB
- Volume
- 309
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-9861
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