Lytic enzyme activity associated with doublestranded RNA bacteriophage .PHI.6.
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0386-2208,1349-2896
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.54.337