Evolution and function of endogenous termite cellulases

Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 51-67

  Lo, Nathan ^a   Tokuda, Gaku ^b   Watanabe, Hirofumi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

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EID: 79960094236     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3977-4_3     Document Type: Chapter

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