Demonstration and partial purification of common melanoma-associated antigen(s)
β Scribed by M.J. Embleton; M.R. Price; R.W. Baldwin
- Book ID
- 113146560
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1980
- Weight
- 848 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-2964
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