Disulfide Bonds of Toxin II of the Scorpion Androctonus australis Hector
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Biochemistry
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0014-2956,1432-1033
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1974.tb03716.x