Wide-angle X-ray solution scattering for protein-ligand binding: multivariate curve resolution with Bayesian confidence intervals.
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SUBMITTER: Minh DD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3576546 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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