•••'A ("\ ,'~*<r~ PL0001643 POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS RESEARCH REPORT 1996-1997 INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS Polish Academy of Sciences Director: Wlodzimierz Zagorski-Ostoja Head of the Scientific Council: Andrzej Paszewski (till 22.08.1997 Zofia Lassota) Deputy Scientific Director: Piotr Ceglowski ADDRESS, E-MAIL, FAX AND TELEPHONE: 5a Pawinskiego Street, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland E-Mail:
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