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According to this article, "Angiogenesis is stimulated when tumor tissues require nutrients and oxygen" (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1993983/). But according to the Molecular Cell...
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From this website I managed to find the name of the genes that encode the bacteriocins that I am interested in (http://bactibase.pfba-lab-tun.org/main.php). Where can I find the gene sequence...
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