Catalytic Mechanisms of Cysteine Peptidases

Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1773-1784

  Polgár, László ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENZYMOLOGY   (Hungary)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-382219-2.00405-1     Document Type: Chapter

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