Current physico-biochemistry in steroid research and status of structural biology for steroid-converting enzymes
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0960-0760
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.05.011