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Original Article

A Comparison of Methods for Calculating DNA Double-strand Break Induction Frequency in Mammalian Cells by Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis

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Pages 641-649 | Received 12 Aug 1993, Accepted 19 Jan 1994, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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