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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Emanuele Zanucco, Rudolf Götz, Tamara Potapenko, Irene Carraretto, Semra Ceteci, Fatih Ceteci, Werner Seeger, Rajkumar Savai, Ulf R Rapp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3237599?pdf=render