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Research Article

SSB as an Organizer/Mobilizer of Genome Maintenance Complexes

Robert D. Shereda Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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Alexander G. Kozlov Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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Timothy M. Lohman Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USACorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Michael M. Cox Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USACorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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James L. Keck Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 53706, USACorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
Pages 289-318 | Published online: 03 Nov 2008

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