Pheromone binding to two rodent urinary proteins revealed by X-ray crystallography.

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Published in Nature on November 12, 1992

Authors

Z Böcskei1, C R Groom, D R Flower, C E Wright, S E Phillips, A Cavaggioni, J B Findlay, A C North

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1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, UK.

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