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Mol Cell Biochemjournal_title
Molecular and cellular biochemistryauthors
Biswas S,Harris F,Singh J,Phoenix DAdoi
10.1023/b:mcbi.0000028752.89886.43keywords:
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2004-06-01 00:00:00pages
169-73issue
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0300-8177issn
1573-4919journal_volume
261pub_type
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