Toxin structure: Part of a hole?

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1997, Pages

  Bayley, Hagan ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0031457628     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00399-x     Document Type: Review

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