Insights into the antiviral activity of phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) from snake venoms
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0141-8130
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.07.178