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Biotechnol Bioengjournal_title
Biotechnology and bioengineeringauthors
Wakeman K,Auvinen H,Johnson DBdoi
10.1002/bit.21951subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-11-01 00:00:00pages
739-50issue
4eissn
0006-3592issn
1097-0290journal_volume
101pub_type
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