@article{Schwefel2010Struc-13611,
  year={2010},
  doi={10.1021/ja101646k},
  title={Structural Basis of Multivalent Binding to Wheat Germ Agglutinin},
  number={25},
  volume={132},
  issn={0002-7863},
  journal={Journal of the American Chemical Society},
  pages={8704--8719},
  author={Schwefel, David and Maierhofer, Caroline and Beck, Johannes G. and Seeberger, Sonja and Diederichs, Kay and Möller, Heiko M. and Welte, Wolfram and Wittmann, Valentin}
}

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