Midgut lysozymes of Lucilia sericata – new antimicrobials involved in maggot debridement therapy

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Insect molecular biology (Print)

• Publication date

  2014-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/imb.12122PMID 25098233
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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