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. 1964 Feb;51(2):293–300. doi: 10.1073/pnas.51.2.293

RELEASE OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT-INDUCED THYMINE DIMERS FROM DNA IN E. COLI K-12

Richard P Boyce 1, Paul Howard-Flanders 1
PMCID: PMC300064  PMID: 14124327

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