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Peanut lectin crystallography and macromolecular structural studies in India

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Vijayan, M. Peanut lectin crystallography and macromolecular structural studies in India. J. Biosci. 32 (Suppl 2), 1059–1066 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-007-0108-y

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