Mechanism of ligand binding to alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (orosomucoid): correlated thermodynamic factors and molecular parameters of polarity.
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SUBMITTER: Urien S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1136552 | biostudies-other | 1995 Mar
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