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Original Article

DNA Repair in Radiation Sensitive Mutants of Mammalian Cells: Possible Involvement of DNA Topoisomerases

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Pages 561-568 | Received 19 Jan 1990, Accepted 30 Mar 1990, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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