Polymer-based elemental tags for sensitive bioassays.
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SUBMITTER: Lou X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2504858 | biostudies-literature | 2007
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Polymer-based elemental tags for sensitive bioassays.
Lou Xudong X Zhang Guohua G Herrera Isaac I Kinach Robert R Ornatsky Olga O Baranov Vladimir V Nitz Mark M Winnik Mitchell A MA
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20070101 32
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