Genome stability: A self-sufficient DNA repair machine

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  MacNeill, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 11844305941     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.12.014     Document Type: Review

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