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Retraction Note: Systems engineering of Escherichia coli for high-level glutarate production from glucose
Zhilan Zhang1, Ruyin Chu1, Wanqing Wei1
1School of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.
Nature Communications
|October 9, 2024
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