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Research Articles

Computational characterization of epitopic region within the outer membrane protein candidate in Flavobacterium columnare for vaccine development

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Pages 450-459 | Received 03 Jan 2019, Accepted 03 Feb 2019, Published online: 07 Apr 2019

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