Drug discovery and sea hares: Bigger is better

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-3

  Barsby, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MARINE APPLICATIONS; PROTEINS;

DEFENSIVE SECRETION; DRUG DISCOVERY;

DRUG THERAPY;

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; ESCAPIN PROTEIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APLYSIA; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BIOMEDICINE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SECRETION;

ANASPIDEA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 29544443905     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2005.11.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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