DNA repair: Rad52 - The means to an end

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1999, Pages

  Hiom, Kevin ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033578017     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80278-4     Document Type: Note

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