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Title: Mechanistic Insights into S -Depalmitolyse Activity of Cln5 Protein Linked to Neurodegeneration and Batten Disease: A QM/MM Study
Award ID(s):
2102461
NSF-PAR ID:
10526203
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume:
146
Issue:
1
ISSN:
0002-7863
Page Range / eLocation ID:
145 to 158
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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