Temperature and proteins: Little things can mean a lot

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 72-77

  Somero, George N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030536845     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1996.11.2.72     Document Type: Article

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