Comparative conformational study of chemotactic peptides formyl-Met-Leu-Phe-OMe and formyl-Met-Acc5-Phe-OMe

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Comparative conformational study of

chemotactic peptides formyl-Met-Leu-Phe- OMe and...

Article in Acta Chimica Slovenica · January 2002

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