Abstract：
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journal_name
J Mol Bioljournal_title
Journal of molecular biologyauthors
Petersen L,Larsen TS,Ussery DW,On SL,Krogh Adoi
10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00034-2keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2003-03-07 00:00:00pages
1361-72issue
5eissn
0022-2836issn
1089-8638pii
S0022283603000342journal_volume
326pub_type
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