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. 1996 Aug;71(2):1152–1154. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79317-7

NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography provide complementary information on the structure and dynamics of leucine zippers.

G F King
PMCID: PMC1233570  PMID: 8842252

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