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Fengjia Chen1, Hyun Jung Ji2, Jong-Il Choi3

  • 1Research Division for Radiation Science, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Jeongeup 56212, Republic of Korea; Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.

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