Molecular recognition in protein complexes involved in electron transfer.

C Gómez-Moreno; M Martínez-Júlvez; M F Fillat; J K Hurley; G Tollin

doi:10.1042/bst0240111

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Molecular recognition in protein complexes involved in electron transfer.

C Gómez-Moreno·M Martínez-Júlvez·M F Fillat·J K Hurley·G Tollin

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C Gómez-Moreno, M Martínez-Júlvez, M F Fillat, J K Hurley, G Tollin. 1996. Molecular recognition in protein complexes involved in electron transfer.. https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0240111

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