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- 390
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- 6658
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- 407-409
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Maria E. Fichera,
David S. Roos
(1997).
A plastid organelle as a drug target in apicomplexan parasites.
Nature
, 390
(6658)
, 407-409.
https://doi.org/10.1038/37132
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- 10.1038/37132