Chapter 12 Cholesterol: Evolution of structure and function

New Comprehensive Biochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue C, 1991, Pages 363-381

  Bloch, Konrad ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956859476     PISSN: 01677306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7306(08)60340-3     Document Type: Article

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