Potential insight for drug discovery from high fidelity receptor-mediated transduction mechanisms in insects.

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Published in Expert Opin Drug Discov on October 01, 2011

Authors

Robert B Raffa1, Kenneth F Raffa

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Temple University School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.

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