The Test-tube Synthesis of a Chemical Called Poliovirus. The Simple Synthesis of a Virus Has Far-reaching Societal Implications

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Journal EMBO Rep

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2006 Jul 5

PMID 16819446

Citations 20

Authors

Eckard Wimmer

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