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A twist in the tale of lipolytic enzymes

Nature Structural Biology volume 2, pages 347–349 (1995)Cite this article

Structural studies of phospholipase A2, in the presence of micelles, and investigations into molecular properties of lipids indicate that the mechanism of interracial activation of lipolytic enzymes may be far more complex than presently supposed at present.

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