Unusual aspects of metabolism in flatworm parasites

Parasitic Flatworms: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology and Physiology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 387-407

  Tielens, A G M ^a   van Hellemond, J J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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