Evidence for the existence of a common ancestor of scorpion toxins affecting ion channels
- 29 July 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology
- Vol. 17 (4) , 235-238
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jbt.10083
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