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. 1960 Dec;77(3):478–484. doi: 10.1042/bj0770478

The reaction of mustard gas with nucleic acids in vitro and in vivo

P Brookes 1, P D Lawley 1
PMCID: PMC1205060  PMID: 16748853

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