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. 2002 Dec;13(4):265–271.

Sequencing in the presence of betaine: Improvement in sequencing of the localized repeat sequence regions

T Haqqi, X Zhao, A Panciu, S Yadav
PMCID: PMC2279877  PMID: 19498992

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