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. 1998 Apr;148(4):1551–1557. doi: 10.1093/genetics/148.4.1551

Regulation of DNA polymerase exonucleolytic proofreading activity: studies of bacteriophage T4 "antimutator" DNA polymerases.

L J Reha-Krantz 1
PMCID: PMC1460113  PMID: 9560374

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