Physics in molecular biology

Physics in Molecular Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-311

  Sneppen, Kim ^a   Zocch, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511755699     Document Type: Book

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