Eicosanoids: The molecules of evolution

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 686-693

  Lieb, J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ICOSANOID;

AGING; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0034743418     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1274     Document Type: Article

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