Platypus venom: Source of novel compounds

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 203-210

  Koh, Jennifer M S ^a   Bansal, Paramjit S ^b   Torres, Allan M ^c   Kuchel, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Peptide isomerase; Peptides; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH MODELING; MONOTREME; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; VENOM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 71049135982     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO09040     Document Type: Review

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