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. 1998 Oct;63(4):955–961. doi: 10.1086/302078

A model of elegance.

M Walhout 1, H Endoh 1, N Thierry-Mieg 1, W Wong 1, M Vidal 1
PMCID: PMC1377510  PMID: 9758636

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