Computational prediction of furin cleavage sites by a hybrid method and understanding mechanism underlying diseases

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tian, Sun ^a,b,c   Huajun, Wang ^b   Wu, Jianhua ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Nuolan Net   (Netherlands)

^c Agendia NV   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84859735363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00261     Document Type: Article

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