DNA base modifications in aging

Advances in Cell Aging and Gerontology

Volumn 4, Issue C, 2001, Pages 41-72

  Gaubatz, James Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 35448967875     PISSN: 15663124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-3124(01)04027-5     Document Type: Article

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