Structural variations in peptide toxins of Mycrocystis aeruginosa grown on different carbon sources

Journal of Natural Toxins

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-47

  El Ayouty, Y M ^a   Abd El Rahman, S ^a  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

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