Differential-scanning-calorimetric study of the irreversible thermal denaturation of 8 kDa cytotoxin from the sea anemone Radianthus macrodactylus.
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SUBMITTER: Zhadan GG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1138081 | biostudies-other | 1994 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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