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Author(s) -
Schneider Joel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
peptide science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1097-0282
pISSN - 0006-3525
DOI - 10.1002/bip.22587
Subject(s) - library science , presentation (obstetrics) , chemistry , computer science , medicine , radiology
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