Electrostatic complementarity of B-cell receptor CDR3s and TP53-mutant amino acids in breast cancer is associated with increased disease-free survival rates.
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SUBMITTER: Arturo JF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7331692 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Electrostatic complementarity of B-cell receptor CDR3s and TP53-mutant amino acids in breast cancer is associated with increased disease-free survival rates.
Arturo Juan F JF Chobrutskiy Boris I BI Yeagley Michelle M Patel Dhruv N DN Falasiri Shayan S Patel Jay S JS Blanck George G
Cellular & molecular immunology 20191115 7
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