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Main Authors: Jitraporn Vongsvivut, Vi Khanh Truong, Mohammad Al Kobaisi, Shane Maclaughlin, Mark J Tobin, Russell J Crawford, Elena P Ivanova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5734741?pdf=render