The Charge Profile of the Tropocollagen Macromolecule and the Packing Arrangement in Native-type Collagen Fibrils.
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* Supported in part by a grant from the American Cancer Society. t Scholar in Cancer Research of the American Cancer Society. t Post-doctoral fellowship support was derived from a research training grant of the U.S. Public Health Service. Present address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, England. 1 Standerfer, S. B., and P. Handler, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. Med., 90, 270 (1955).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
دوره 46 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1960