Unveiling Two Distinct Ribonuclease Activities and a Topoisomerase Activity in a Site-Specific DNA Recombinase
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Cell
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1097-2765
DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)80072-6