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. 1963 Oct;89(1):127–138. doi: 10.1042/bj0890127

Further studies on the alkylation of nucleic acids and their constituent nucleotides

P D Lawley 1, P Brookes 1
PMCID: PMC1202281  PMID: 14097355

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