Interactions of herbicide atrazine with DNA

Interactions of Herbicide Atrazine with DNA

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-66

  Hepel, Maria ^a   Stobiecka, Magdalena ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

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