Integrating bioinformatics tools to handle glycosylation.
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SUBMITTER: Mazola Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3248387 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
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Integrating bioinformatics tools to handle glycosylation.
Mazola Yuliet Y Chinea Glay G Musacchio Alexis A
PLoS computational biology 20111229 12
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