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Protein molecular structures and protein fraction profiles of new coproducts from BioEthanol production: a novel

Peiqiang Yu1, Zhiyuan Niu, Daalkhaijav Damiran

  • 1College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. peiqiang.yu@usask.ca

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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