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. 1962 Apr;83(1):106–114. doi: 10.1042/bj0830106

Toxic liver injury and carcinogenesis. Methylation of proteins of rat-liver slices by dimethylnitrosamine in vitro

P N Magee 1,2,*, T Hultin 1,2
PMCID: PMC1243516  PMID: 14468248

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