Marsupials that model melanoma

Lab Animal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 53-

  Harrington, Monica ^a  

^a Monodelphis domestica ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METATHERIA;

ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; MELANOMA; MONODELPHIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MELANOMA; MONODELPHIS;

EID: 84926216042     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban.698     Document Type: Note

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