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Alkylation of the O6 of Guanine is Only One of Many Chemical Events that May Initiate Carcinogenesis

Bea Singer Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics and Space Sciences Laboratory University of California Berkeley, California, 94720
Pages 233-238 | Published online: 11 Jun 2009

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