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. 1953 Feb;53(3):460–474. doi: 10.1042/bj0530460

The deoxyribonucleic acid content of the rat cell nucleus and its use in expressing the results of tissue analysis, with particular reference to the composition of liver tissue

R Y Thomson 1,*, F C Heagy 1,†, W C Hutchison 1, J N Davidson 1
PMCID: PMC1198173  PMID: 13032095

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