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 Hoch, J.A.; Huang, S. Screening methods for the
See below few examples of references listed in the ACS identification of novel antibiotics. U.S. Patent
style 6,043,045, March 28, 2000.
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Thesis
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L.F.; Vazquez, S.M.; Sarappa, M.G.  Mackel, H. Capturing the Spectra of Silicon Solar
Adrenoreceptors: non conventional target for breast Cells. PhD Thesis, The Australian National
cancer? Curr. Med. Chem., 2009, 16(15), 1850- University: Canberra, December 2004.
1862.
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for rehabilitation of type 2
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Rahman, Ed.; Elsevier Science B. V: of the phrase et al.
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