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Letter to the Editor

Is the absence of alpha-helix 2 in the appendant structure region the major contributor to structural instability of human cystatin C?

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Pages 4522-4527 | Received 29 Sep 2018, Accepted 21 Nov 2018, Published online: 16 Jan 2019

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