Molecular and biophysical aspects of adaptation of life to temperatures below the freezing point

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 87-95

  Finegold, Leonard ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002374770     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1177(96)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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