Homologous recombination: Down to the wire

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Wyman, Claire ^a   Kanaar, Roland ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 4143079350     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.07.049     Document Type: Review

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