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Cellular integration of an enzyme-loaded polymersome nanoreactor.

Institute for Molecules and Materials, Department of Organic Chemistry, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition (impact factor: 13.45). 09/2010; 49(40):7213-6. DOI:10.1002/anie.201002655 pp.7213-6
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