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Volume 20   Issue 2   Year 2025
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Original Article
Vasyuchenko E.P., Strakhovskaya M.G., Kovalenko I.B., Fursova P.V., Rubin A.B. Features of the Electrostatic Interaction of Methylene Blue with the Protein Coat of Flaviviruses. Ìàthematical biology and bioinformatics. 2025;20(2):532-542. doi: 10.17537/2025.20.532
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