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CLETINI, Ornella
PUCCI, Piero
RUOPPOLO, Margherita
BERTOLERO, Federico
VALSASINA, Barbara
ROLETTO, Fulvia
CRISTIANI, Cinzia
CAUET, Gilles
SARMIENTOS, Paolo
MALORNI, Antonio
MARINO, Gennaro
CACCIA, Paolo
NITTI, Gianpaolo
CLETINI, Ornella
PUCCI, Piero
RUOPPOLO, Margherita
BERTOLERO, Federico
VALSASINA, Barbara
ROLETTO, Fulvia
CRISTIANI, Cinzia
CAUET, Gilles
SARMIENTOS, Paolo
MALORNI, Antonio
MARINO, Gennaro
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NITTI, Gianpaolo
CLETINI, Ornella
PUCCI, Piero
RUOPPOLO, Margherita
BERTOLERO, Federico
VALSASINA, Barbara
ROLETTO, Fulvia
CRISTIANI, Cinzia
CAUET, Gilles
SARMIENTOS, Paolo
MALORNI, Antonio
MARINO, Gennaro
spellingShingle CACCIA, Paolo
NITTI, Gianpaolo
CLETINI, Ornella
PUCCI, Piero
RUOPPOLO, Margherita
BERTOLERO, Federico
VALSASINA, Barbara
ROLETTO, Fulvia
CRISTIANI, Cinzia
CAUET, Gilles
SARMIENTOS, Paolo
MALORNI, Antonio
MARINO, Gennaro
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spellingShingle CACCIA, Paolo, NITTI, Gianpaolo, CLETINI, Ornella, PUCCI, Piero, RUOPPOLO, Margherita, BERTOLERO, Federico, VALSASINA, Barbara, ROLETTO, Fulvia, CRISTIANI, Cinzia, CAUET, Gilles, SARMIENTOS, Paolo, MALORNI, Antonio, MARINO, Gennaro, European Journal of Biochemistry, Stabilization of recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor by chemical modifications of cysteine residues, Biochemistry
title Stabilization of recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor by chemical modifications of cysteine residues
title_full Stabilization of recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor by chemical modifications of cysteine residues
title_fullStr Stabilization of recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor by chemical modifications of cysteine residues
title_full_unstemmed Stabilization of recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor by chemical modifications of cysteine residues
title_short Stabilization of recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor by chemical modifications of cysteine residues
title_sort stabilization of recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor by chemical modifications of cysteine residues
title_unstemmed Stabilization of recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor by chemical modifications of cysteine residues
topic Biochemistry
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16678.x