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Towards synthesis of a minimal cell
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- Authors
- Forster, A. C., & Church, G. M.
- Venue
- Molecular Systems Biology
- Published
- 2006-01
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 45-45
- ISSN
- 1744-4292 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2139161084
- Cited by
- 442
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 15.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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