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Hemant K Kini1, S Patrick Walton

  • 1Applied Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory of the Cellular and Biomolecular Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1226, USA.

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|November 21, 2007
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