Zinc activation of the nucleophile in tetrameric cytidine deaminase
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Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID)
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0108-7673
DOI: 10.1107/s010876730209997x