A growing family of cytochrome b5-domain fusion proteins

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-4

  Napier, Johnathan A ^a,b   Sayanova, Olga ^a   Sperling, Petra ^a   Heinz, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0001772064     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(98)01357-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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