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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2018.004

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A bioluminescent system of fungi: prospects for application in medical research

Osipova ZM, Shcheglov AS, Yampolsky IV
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Department of Biomolecular Chemistry,
Shemyakin–Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Aleksandr S. Shcheglov
ul. Miklukho-Maklaya, d. 16/10, Moscow, Russia, 117997; ur.liam@trakuj

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Funding: this work was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Project ID RFMEFI61317X0062.

Received: 2017-12-15 Accepted: 2017-12-27 Published online: 2018-03-05
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