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How to cite a journal article in IEEE

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Reference entry

[1] J. A. Doudna and E. Charpentier, "A programmable dual-RNA–guided DNA endonuclease," Science, vol. 346, no. 6213, pp. 1258096, 2014, doi: 10.1126/science.1258096.

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