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    Makoto Miyagishi

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    Kazunari Taira

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Miyagishi, M., Taira, K. (2005). Design of Intracellularly Active Ribozymes and siRNAs. In: Taira, K., Kataoka, K., Niidome, T. (eds) Non-viral Gene Therapy. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-27879-6_30

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