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Yang Guo1, Zongan Wang2, Denghui Li3

  • 1BGI Research, Qingdao 266555, China; Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China.

Cell Host & Microbe
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AI-driven structural predictiondeep seaevolutiongene cataloggenome editinghelicasemarine metagenomemicrobial dark matterprotein miningprotein structure

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