Architecture of viral genome-delivery molecular machines
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Architecture of viral genome-delivery molecular machines.
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Morteza Torabi was born in 1995 in Hamedan, Iran. He received his B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry (2017) and M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry (2019) from Bu-Ali Sina University under the supervision of Professor Mohammad Ali Zolfigol. He is currently working towards his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Mohammad Ali Zolfigol at Bu-Ali Sina University. His research interest is the design, synthesis ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Structural Biology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0959-440X
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2013.10.005