The surface glycoconjugates of trypanosomatid parasites

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1359, 1997, Pages 1295-1302

  Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031590269     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0113     Document Type: Article

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