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. 1999 Feb;64(2):365–371. doi: 10.1086/302270

The yeast connection to Friedreich ataxia.

S A Knight 1, R Kim 1, D Pain 1, A Dancis 1
PMCID: PMC1377746  PMID: 9973274

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