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Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews
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Original Articles

Dynamic Conformational Heterogeneities of Carcinogen-DNA Adducts and their Mutagenic Relevance

Pages 57-90 | Published online: 06 Feb 2007

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