The antifreeze potential of the spruce budworm thermal hysteresis protein
β Scribed by Tyshenko, Michael G.; Doucet, Daniel; Davies, Peter L.; Walker, Virginia K.
- Book ID
- 109907931
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 466 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1087-0156
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