Hyperexpression of chicken riboflavin carrier protein: Antibodies to the recombinant protein curtail pregnancy in rodents

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-154

  Sooryanarayana, ^a   Adiga, P R ^a   Visweswariah, Sandhya S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

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ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030110781     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0021     Document Type: Article

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