Broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity of the reactive compounds generated in vitro by Manduca sexta phenoloxidase
- 22 May 2007
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Vol. 37 (9) , 952-959
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.05.001
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