Is the australian striped burrowing frog Litoria Alboguttata a member of litoria or cyclorana? A profiling study using skin peptides as a probe

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Boontheung, P ^a   Gao, Cheng Wei ^a,b   Brinkworth, C S ^a   Bowie, J H ^a   Tyler, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Classification; Cyclorana australis; Litoria alboguttata; Mass spectrometry; Peptides; Structure determination

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CYCLORANA; CYCLORANA ALBOGUTTATA; CYCLORANA AUSTRALIS; LITORIA;

EID: 33745082075     PISSN: 03721426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/3721426.2006.10887043     Document Type: Article

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