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Mass spectrometry-based approaches to protein–ligand interactions

Sonya M Schermann Research Fellow, University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK. [email protected]
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Douglas A Simmons Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK. [email protected]
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Lars Konermann Associate Professor of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada. [email protected]
Pages 475-485 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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