Protein phosphatase-inhibiting activity in cyanobacteria from alpine lakes in Switzerland

Phycologia

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages 133-139

  Mez, Konstanze ^a   Hanselmann, Kurt ^a   Naegeli, Hanspeter ^a   Preisig, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0007612749     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-35-6s-133.1     Document Type: Article

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