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12-Dec-2018Dear Giray,
Thank you for agreeing to review Manuscript ID bies.201800252 entitled "Systematic investigation of protein topology prediction algorithms" for BioEssays. I ask that you please try your best to complete your review within the next 10 days.
BioEssays guide for reviewers:
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All communications regarding this manuscript are privileged. Any conflict of interest, suspicion of duplicate publication, fabrication of data or plagiarism must immediately be reported to me.
Thank you for evaluating this manuscript.
Best wishes,
Andrew
Dr Andrew Moore
Editor-in-Chief
BioEssays
| Period | 12 Dec 2018 |
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| Type of journal | Journal |
| ISSN | 0265-9247 |
| Degree of Recognition | National |