Life in a crowded world.

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Published in EMBO Rep on January 01, 2004

Authors

Germán Rivas1, Frank Ferrone, Judith Herzfeld

Author Affiliations

1: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. grivas@cib.csic.es

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