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. 1968 Nov;61(3):1087–1094. doi: 10.1073/pnas.61.3.1087

Selective nonenzymic cleavage of the myosin rod: isolation of the coiled-coil alpha-rope section from the c-terminus of the molecule.

M Young, M H Blanchard, D Brown
PMCID: PMC305439  PMID: 5246544

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