Sigma domain structure: One down, one to go

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1235-1238

  Chan, Cathleen L ^a   Lonetto, Michael A ^a,b   Gross, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030589175     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00131-1     Document Type: Article

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