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Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1211-1214

  Brent, Roger ^a  

^a The Molecular Sciences Institute   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; RESEARCH; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 5044239903     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1004-1211     Document Type: Note

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