Site-specific recombination: Synapsis and strand exchange revealed

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1997, Pages

  Grindley, Nigel D F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031260604     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00314-9     Document Type: Review

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