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Kinetic Screening of Nuclease Activity using Nucleic Acid Probes

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Barry L Stoddard¹, Keith R Fox²

¹Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N. A3-025, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.

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