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Original Article

Action Spectra for Single- and Double-strand Break Induction in Plasmid DNA: Studies Using Synchrotron Radiation

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Pages 569-572 | Received 05 May 1994, Accepted 29 Jul 1994, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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