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Research Articles

Effect of pH on the stability of hemochromatosis factor E: a combined spectroscopic and molecular dynamics simulation-based study

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Pages 1582-1598 | Received 06 Apr 2016, Accepted 10 May 2016, Published online: 01 Aug 2016

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