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. 2004 Apr 19;57(3):355–366. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(89)90911-2

RNA editing and the mitochondrial cryptogenes of kinetoplastid protozoa

Larry Simpson ★,†, Janet Shaw ★
PMCID: PMC7133379  PMID: 2470509

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