N-terminal Dbl domain of the RhoGEF, Kalirin.
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SUBMITTER: Gorbatyuk VY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3362688 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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N-terminal Dbl domain of the RhoGEF, Kalirin.
Gorbatyuk Vitaliy Y VY Schiller Martin R MR Gorbatyuk Oksana I OI Barwinski Marek M Hoch Jeffrey C JC
Journal of biomolecular NMR 20120301 3
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