Comparative modelling of barley‐grain aspartic proteinase: A structural rationale for observed hydrolytic specificity

@article{Guruprasad1994ComparativeMO,
  title={Comparative modelling of barley‐grain aspartic proteinase: A structural rationale for observed hydrolytic specificity},
  author={Kunchur Guruprasad and Kirsi Törmäkangas and Jukka Kervinen and Tom L. Blundell},
  journal={FEBS Letters},
  year={1994},
  volume={352}
}
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