Fabatins: new antimicrobial plant peptides
β Scribed by Ying Zhang; Kim Lewis
- Book ID
- 109321618
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 435 KB
- Volume
- 149
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-1097
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