A Lysozyme with Antifungal Activity from Pithecellobium dulce Seeds
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Narumon Sawasdipuksa, Zhentian Lei, Lloyd W. Sumner, Ploypat Niyomploy and Polkit Sangvanich* Research Centre for Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore 73401, Oklahoma, USA Biotechnology Program, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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تاریخ انتشار 2011