Potent hydroxyl radical-scavenging activity of drought-induced type-2 metallothionein in wild watermelon
- 1 October 2004
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
- Vol. 323 (1) , 72-78
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.08.056
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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