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Structural Specificity of α-Chymotrypsin: Polypeptide Substrates

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NEIL, G., NIEMANN, C. & HEIN, G. Structural Specificity of α-Chymotrypsin: Polypeptide Substrates. Nature 210, 903–907 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210903a0

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