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Transfection and Mutagenesis of Target Genes in Mosquito Cells by Locked Nucleic Acid-modified Oligonucleotides
Published on: December 26, 2010
Prospects and strategies for development of DNA vaccines against malaria
R C Hedstrom1, M Sedegah, S L Hoffman
1Malaria Program, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20889-5607.
Research in Immunology
|July 1, 1994
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