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A brief history of synthetic biology
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cameron, D. E., Bashor, C. J., & Collins, J. J.
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Microbiology
- Published
- 2014-04-01
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 381-390
- ISSN
- 1740-1526 (ISSN-L)
- 1740-1534
- OpenAlex
- W1994028898
- Cited by
- 933
- References
- 112
- FWCI
- 3.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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