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. 1993 Dec;175(23):7509–7514. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.23.7509-7514.1993

Transcription-repair coupling and mutation frequency decline.

C P Selby 1, A Sancar 1
PMCID: PMC206906  PMID: 8244919

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