Solution NMR structure of proteorhodopsin.
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SUBMITTER: Reckel S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4234116 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
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Solution NMR structure of proteorhodopsin.
Reckel Sina S Gottstein Daniel D Stehle Jochen J Löhr Frank F Verhoefen Mirka-Kristin MK Takeda Mitsuhiro M Silvers Robert R Kainosho Masatsune M Glaubitz Clemens C Wachtveitl Josef J Bernhard Frank F Schwalbe Harald H Güntert Peter P Dötsch Volker V
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20111027 50
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