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Unveiling Nature's Nitrogen-Fixing Secrets

  • Wonchull Kang (Department of Chemistry and Integrative Institute of Basic Science, College of Natural Sciences, Soongsil University)
  • Received : 2023.05.24
  • Accepted : 2023.06.13
  • Published : 2023.09.30
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This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (2022R1C1C1004221) and the Ministry of Education (2021R1A6A1A10044154).

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