DNA topology: Topoisomerases keep it simple

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1997, Pages

  Bates, Andrew D ^a   Maxwell, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031460030     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00403-9     Document Type: Review

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