Responses to the letter: On shrimp interferon

Aquaculture

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 183-

  Mai, Wei jun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 70449602340     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.10.014     Document Type: Letter

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