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Original Article

Application of Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis to Determine γ-ray-induced Double-strand Breaks in Yeast Chromosomal Molecules

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Pages 173-181 | Received 27 May 1992, Accepted 24 Aug 1992, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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