Cystine Knot of the Gonadotropin α Subunit Is Critical for Intracellular Behavior but Not for in Vitro Biological Activity
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- 1 July 1997
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 272 (29) , 18098-18103
- https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.272.29.18098
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