Loxosceles Astacin-Like Proteases (LALPs), an Astacin Metalloprotease Family from the Brown Spider Venom

Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 1081-1086

  Trevisan Silva, Dilza ^a   Gremski, Luiza Helena ^a   Chaim, Olga Meiri ^a   Senff Ribeiro, Andrea ^a   Veiga, Silvio Sanches ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-382219-2.00247-7     Document Type: Chapter

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