Relevance of chemistry to white biotechnology

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Gupta, Munishwar N ^a   Raghava, Smita ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

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EID: 34547300712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-1-17     Document Type: Review

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