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. 1966 Jun;53(6):1119–1136. doi: 10.1093/genetics/53.6.1119

Three Loci in ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 That Control the Excision of Pyrimidine Dimers and Certain Other Mutagen Products from DNA

Paul Howard-Flanders 1, Richard P Boyce 1, Lee Theriot 1
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