Holliday junction resolution

Topics in Current Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue , 2007, Pages 221-249

  Whitby, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247496763     PISSN: 16102096     EISSN: 16106970     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/4735_2006_0208     Document Type: Review

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