Chemosensory control of surface antigen switching in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
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عنوان ژورنال: Genes, Brain and Behavior
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1601-1848,1601-183X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2006.00252.x