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- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10454643
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics
- Volume:
- 89
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 0887-3585
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 361-370
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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