DNA repair: Bacteria join in

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Hiom, Kevin ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037425593     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01385-4     Document Type: Review

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