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Original Article

Repair of DNA Double-strand Breaks Induced in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Using Different γ-ray Dose-rates: A Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis Analysis

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Pages 307-314 | Received 22 Jul 1993, Accepted 31 Oct 1993, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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