Assembly of laminin isoforms by triple- and double-stranded coiled-coil structures.
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Assembly of laminin isoforms by tripleand double-stranded coiled-coil structures Jurgen Engel,* Irene Hunter,* Therese Schulthess,* Konrad Beck,t Tony W. Dixon,$ and David A. D. Parry$ *Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland; tlnstitute for Biophysics, University of Linz, A-4040 Linz, Austria and $Department of Physics and Biophysics, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand 839
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Biochemical Society transactions
دوره 19 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991