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. 1954 Oct;40(10):894–909. doi: 10.1073/pnas.40.10.894

ON THE MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID: AN INTERRUPTED TWO-STRAND MODEL*

C A Dekker 1, H K Schachman 1
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