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Title: Production, characterization, and assessment of a stable analog of the response regulator CheY-phosphate from Thermotoga maritima: Production of an Analog of CheY-Phosphate
NSF-PAR ID:
10029022
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Protein Science
Volume:
26
Issue:
8
ISSN:
0961-8368
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1547 to 1554
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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