Myo-inositol hexasulphate and low molecular weight heparin binding to human acidic fibroblast growth factor: a calorimetric and FTIR study.

@article{GuzmnCasado2001MyoinositolHA,
  title={Myo-inositol hexasulphate and low molecular weight heparin binding to human acidic fibroblast growth factor: a calorimetric and FTIR study.},
  author={Mercedes Guzm{\'a}n-Casado and Antonio Cardenete and Guillermo Gim{\'e}nez-Gallego and Antonio Parody-Morreale},
  journal={International journal of biological macromolecules},
  year={2001},
  volume={28 4},
  pages={
          305-13
        },
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:21387118}
}

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