Antimicrobial Peptides and Cancer: Potential Use of Antimicrobial-Like Peptides in Chemotherapy
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cancer Biology and Therapeutics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2379-5972
DOI: 10.18314/gjct.v5i1.1777