Value of General Acid-Base Catalysis to Ribonuclease A

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 5467-5468

  Thompson, James E ^a   Raines, Ronald T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0027949817     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00091a060     Document Type: Article

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