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Research Article

Physicochemical characterization of an aspin (rBm-33) from a filarial parasite Brugia malayi against the important human aspartic proteases

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Pages 1054-1060 | Received 04 Jun 2012, Accepted 07 Jul 2012, Published online: 07 Sep 2012

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