Pitrilysin

Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, Second Edition: Volume 1: Aspartic and Metallo Peptidases

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 868-871

  Roth, Richard A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-079611-3.50266-4     Document Type: Chapter

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