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Specific Structural-Functional Role of the Pronounced Negative Molecular Charge of the Sturgeon Gonadotropin β-Subunit Cover

Specific Structural-Functional Role of the Pronounced Negative Molecular Charge of the Sturgeon Gonadotropin β-Subunit

By: Henriks Zenkevičs and  Vija Vose  
Open Access
|May 2013

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10046-012-0017-9 | Journal eISSN: 2255-890X | Journal ISSN: 1407-009X
Language: English
Page range: 251 - 255
Published on: May 1, 2013
Published by: Latvian Academy of Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year

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