Anomalous amide proton chemical shifts as signatures of hydrogen bonding to aromatic sidechains
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SUBMITTER: Baskaran K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10539802 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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