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Effect of kynurenic acid on development and aging in wild type and vermilion mutants of Drosophila melanogaster. 犬尿酸对黑胃果蝇野生型和朱红色突变体发育和衰老的影响。

Pharmacology, drug development & therapeutics Pub Date : 2016-01-01 Epub Date: 2016-12-08 DOI: 10.15761/PDDT.1000104

Valeriya Navrotskaya, Gregory Oxenkrug

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