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. 1965 Feb;53(2):288–293. doi: 10.1073/pnas.53.2.288

CLONAL GROWTH OF MAMMALIAN CELLS IN A CHEMICALLY DEFINED, SYNTHETIC MEDIUM*

Richard G Ham 1
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