MEASURING EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS FOR THE DISSOCIATION OF LIGANDS FROM P-TYPE ATPases

IRENE MANGIALAVORI, MARIELA FERREIRA GOMES, MARÍA F. PIGNATARO, EMANUEL E STREHLER AND JUAN PABLO F.C. ROSSI.

Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Workshop; Latin American Postgraduate Program of Biophysics Course; 2009

SOBLA/USA

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