Single particle reconstruction of 52 kDa apo-state streptavidin at 3.3 Angstrom resolution
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SUBMITTER: Hong-Wei Wang
PROVIDER: EMPIAR-10269 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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