High-efficiency transpeptidation catalysed by clostripain and electrostatic effects in substrate specificity.
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SUBMITTER: Yagisawa S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1131206 | biostudies-other | 1990 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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