Substrate Specificity of Platypus Venom
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Paramjit S. Bansal, Allan M. Torres, Ben Crossett, Karen K. Y. Wong, Jennifer M. S. Koh, Dominic P. Geraghty, Jamie I. Vandenberg , and Philip W. Kuchel From the School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Nanoscale Organisation and Dynamics Group, College of Health and Science, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South DC, New South Wales 1797, School of Human Life Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, and Mark Cowley Lidwill Cardiac Electrophysiology and Biophysics Program, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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