Protein toxins and membrane transport

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 530-536

  Montecucco, Cesare ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

EID: 0032145173     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(98)80069-0     Document Type: Article

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