Monica Palmada and Josep Joan Centelles

Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain

Received 5/7/98 Accepted 5/23/98

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