Modification by simetryn sulphoxide of a specific thiol group in rat haemoglobin.
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SUBMITTER: Hughes GJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1163334 | biostudies-other | 1981 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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