Insights into Nucleotide Recognition by Cell Division Protein FtsZ from amant-GTP Competition Assay and Molecular Dynamics
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemistry
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0006-2960,1520-4995
DOI: 10.1021/bi101577p