Microstructure of the Venom Sac of the Oriental Hornet

Physiological Chemistry and Physics and Medical NMR

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-166

  Kirshboim, Shira ^a   Ishay, Jacob S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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