Suppression of high-affinity ligand binding to the major glutathione S-transferase from Galleria mellonella by physiological concentrations of glutathione.
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SUBMITTER: Clark AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1153031 | biostudies-other | 1986 Jan
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