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Biotechnol Bioengjournal_title
Biotechnology and bioengineeringauthors
Dionisi D,Majone M,Vallini G,Di Gregorio S,Beccari Mdoi
10.1002/bit.20683subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-01-05 00:00:00pages
76-88issue
1eissn
0006-3592issn
1097-0290journal_volume
93pub_type
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