Molecular chaperones: Small heat shock proteins in the limelight

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Van den Ussel, Paul ^a   Norman, David G ^a   Quinlan, Roy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033545355     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80061-X     Document Type: Note

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