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. 1966 Nov;56(5):1606–1611. doi: 10.1073/pnas.56.5.1606

The conversion of serine at the active site of subtilisin to cysteine: a "chemical mutation".

K E Neet, D E Koshland Jr
PMCID: PMC220044  PMID: 5230319

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