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Whitelaw, C.B.A., Clark, A.J. (1999). Optimisation of Transgene Expression in the Mammary Gland. In: Kitagawa, Y., Matsuda, T., Iijima, S. (eds) Animal Cell Technology: Basic & Applied Aspects., vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46865-4_14

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