Schistostatins

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 814, Issue , 1997, Pages 327-330

  Schoofs, L ^a   Veelaert, D ^a   Vanden Broeck, J ^a   Tobe, S S ^b   De Loof, A ^a  

^a Zoological Institute   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT HORMONE; JUVENILE HORMONE; SCHISTOSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEMOLYMPH; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

INSECTA;

EID: 0030995493     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb46176.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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