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The structure of WbnH in a near active state

  • Fengzhi Li 1,2 ,
  • Siwei Li 3 ,
  • Xiaofen Liu 2 ,
  • Xue Yang 1 ,
  • Peng Wang , 1 ,
  • Yuequan Shen , 1,2,4
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 2. College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 3. Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
  • 4. Synergetic Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300071, China

Published date: 05 Aug 2015

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Fengzhi Li , Siwei Li , Xiaofen Liu , Xue Yang , Peng Wang , Yuequan Shen . The structure of WbnH in a near active state[J]. Protein & Cell, 2015 , 6(8) : 615 -618 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-015-0151-7

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