INVESTIGADORES
VIOLA Ivana Lorena
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Analysis of binding properties of BLH3-STM heterodimers and the individual proteins with DNA.
Autor/es:
IVANA VIOLA; DANIEL H. GONZALEZ
Lugar:
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Reunión:
Congreso; XLIII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, SAIB.; 2007
Institución organizadora:
SAIB
Resumen:
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