An evolutionary trace method defines binding surfaces common to protein families.

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Published in J Mol Biol on March 29, 1996

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O Lichtarge1, H R Bourne, F E Cohen

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1: Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San Franciso, 94143-0450, USA.

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