Dissecting an Allosteric Switch in Caspase-7 Using Chemical and Mutational Probes
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Dissecting an allosteric switch in caspase-7 using chemical and mutational probes.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.001826