Lipid synthesis in protozoan parasites: A comparison between kinetoplastids and apicomplexans
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عنوان ژورنال: Progress in Lipid Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0163-7827
DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2013.06.003