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Sara M Badenes1, Francisco Lemos, Joaquim M S Cabral

  • 1IBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal.

Biotechnology Letters
|November 28, 2009
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