Sambucus ribosome-inactivating proteins and lectins

Plant Cell Monographs

Volumn 18, Issue , 2010, Pages 107-131

  Ferreras, José Miguel ^a   Citores, Lucía ^a   Iglesias, Rosario ^a   Jiménez, Pilar ^b   Girbés, Tomás ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

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EID: 77958453340     PISSN: 18611370     EISSN: 18611362     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12176-0_6     Document Type: Article

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