A biopolymer by any other name would bind as well: A comparison of the ligand-binding pockets of nucleic acids and proteins

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 729-734

  Marshall, Kristin A ^a   Robertson, Michael P ^a   Ellington, Andrew D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031570666     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00227-X     Document Type: Review

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