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Product, Product-by-Process, Process and Use

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Vossius, V., Lacroix, S. & Dörries, U. Product, Product-by-Process, Process and Use. Nat Biotechnol 11, 1174–1176 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1093-1174

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