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. 1992 Apr;62(1):8–9. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(92)81761-7

Mapping hydrophobic residues of the interaction surface of charybdotoxin.

P Stampe 1, L Kolmakova-Partensky 1, C Miller 1
PMCID: PMC1260467  PMID: 1376176

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