Tangle solutions for a family of DNA-rearranging proteins

Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-80

  Buck, Dorothy ^a   Marcotte, Cynthia Verjovsky ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22544434073     PISSN: 03050041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305004105008431     Document Type: Article

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