DNA repair: Getting past a lesion - At a cost

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 1998, Pages

  Bridges, Bryn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032481123     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00552-0     Document Type: Article

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