Recent cryogenic electron microscopy structures of human A2M may not be representative of the native protein.
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SUBMITTER: Harwood SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9477409 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep
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Recent cryogenic electron microscopy structures of human A2M may not be representative of the native protein.
Harwood Seandean Lykke SL Andersen Gregers Rom GR Enghild Jan J JJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20220816 37
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