Ecdysteroid ligand-receptor selectivity - exploring trends to design orthogonal gene switches
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عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1742-464X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06687.x