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Chyuan-Chuan Wu1, Jason L J Lin1, Hanna S Yuan2

  • 1Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.

Trends in Biochemical Sciences
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PubMed

Keywords:
DNA cleavageDNA hydrolysisDNaseHNH family

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