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Mass Spectrometry of N-Linked Carbohydrates and Glycoproteins

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Harvey, D.J. (2018). Mass Spectrometry of N-Linked Carbohydrates and Glycoproteins. In: Roberts, G., Watts, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35943-9_217-1

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