Mass spectrometry of nucleic acids

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-138

  Nordhoff, E ^a   Kirpekar, F ^a   Roepstorff, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 6244261674     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2787(1996)15:2<67::AID-MAS1>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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