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 Germann AT, Nakielski A, Dietsch M, Petzel T, Moser D, Triesch S, Westhoff P and Axmann IM (2023) A systematic overexpression approach reveals native targets to increase squalene production in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1024981. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1024981
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