Nitric oxide function in an echinoderm

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 260-266

  Elphick, Maurice R ^a   Melarange, Richard ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031871935     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543096     Document Type: Article

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