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Research Article

Aerothionin, a Bromotyrosine Derivative with Antimycobacterial Activity from the Marine Sponge Aplysina gerardogreeni (Demospongia)

R. Encarnación-Dimayuga Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento de Agronomia, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico;
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M.R. Ramírez Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Departamento de Inmunologia, Prolongacion Carpio y Ayala, Col. Casco de Santo Tomas, Mexico D.F., Mexico
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J. Luna-Herrera Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Departamento de Inmunologia, Prolongacion Carpio y Ayala, Col. Casco de Santo Tomas, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Pages 384-387 | Published online: 29 Sep 2008

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