Secreted protein and peptide biosynthesis: Precursor structures and processing mechanisms

Protein Biosynthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 225-248

  Kozlov, Sergey A ^a   Vassilevski, Alexander A ^a   Grishin, Eugene V ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

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