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The 2-A postdoc.

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SUBMITTER: Dunn BM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC33373 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The 2-A postdoc.

Dunn B M BM

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20010201 4

PMID: 11171944

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