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. 1968 Mar;59(3):822–828. doi: 10.1073/pnas.59.3.822

Photochemical evidence for conformation changes in DNA during germination of bacterial spores.

R S Stafford, J E Donnellan Jr
PMCID: PMC224755  PMID: 4966774

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