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Ru Zheng1, Zhaolin Xue1, Mingxu You1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.

Chembiochem : a European Journal of Chemical Biology
|September 24, 2024
PubMed
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Keywords:
AptamersGenetic engineeringOptogeneticsPhotoswitchesRNA

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