Catch them if you can
Nature Chemical BiologyPublished 5 May 2013
Gianluigi Veglia
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NMR analysis of the conformational energy landscape of the catabolite activator protein suggests that allosteric inhibition can be achieved by blocking access to elusive high-energy states of proteins.
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NMR analysis of the conformational energy landscape of the catabolite activator protein suggests that allosteric inhibition can be achieved by blocking access to elusive high-energy states of proteins.
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