Engineering E. coli to enable electron transfer along curli protein nanofibers
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2296-4185
DOI: 10.3389/conf.fbioe.2016.01.01972