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Steady-state, Pre-steady-state, and Single-turnover Kinetic Measurement for DNA Glycosylase Activity
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Exponential kinetics of formation or organic microstructures

C L Fraser, C E Folsome

    Origins of Life
    |July 1, 1975
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