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Characterization of new modular nanotransporters with albumin-binding domain

Yu V Khramtsov1, A V Ulasov1, A D Tsvetkova1,2

  • 1Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119334, Russia.

Doklady. Biochemistry and Biophysics
|April 20, 2017
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