Antimicrobial skin peptides and proteins
✍ Scribed by J. M. Schröder; J. Harder
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 954 KB
- Volume
- 63
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1420-682X
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