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Title: Trapping and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Characterization of the 5′dAdo • Radical in a Radical S -Adenosyl Methionine Enzyme Reaction with a Non-Native Substrate
Award ID(s):
1905336
PAR ID:
10174639
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
ACS Central Science
Volume:
5
Issue:
11
ISSN:
2374-7943
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1777 to 1785
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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