Evaluation of rate constants for enzyme-catalysed reactions by the jackknife technique. Application to liver alcohol dehydrogenase.
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SUBMITTER: Cornish-Bowden A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1186160 | biostudies-other | 1978 Dec
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