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Original Article

Mechanisms of Oxygen Radiosensitization in Irradiated Yeast

I. DNA Double-strand Breakage

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Pages 511-521 | Received 17 Mar 1993, Accepted 19 Jul 1993, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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