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Research Article

PART 2: CONVERSION OF THE ACTIVE DOMAIN OF NATURAL OPOSSUM LETHAL TOXIN NEUTRALIZING FACTOR TO A SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE, LT-10

Pages 93-107 | Published online: 10 Oct 2008

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