Structure of a human insulin peptide–HLA-DQ8 complex and susceptibility to type 1 diabetes
✍ Scribed by Lee, Kon Ho; Wucherpfennig, Kai W.; Wiley, Don C.
- Book ID
- 109831705
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 902 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1529-2908
- DOI
- 10.1038/88694
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