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    Lila M. Gierasch, Jeffrey D. Jones, Samuel J. Landry & Sarah J. Stradley

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Gierasch, L.M., Jones, J.D., Landry, S.J. et al. Biophysical studies of recognition sequences for targeting and folding. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 61, 93–99 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00580613

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