The importance of amino acid composition in natural amps: An evolutional, structural, and functional perspective

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Mishra, Biswajit ^a   Wang, Guangshun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84874210228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00221     Document Type: Article

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