3-Methyladenine residues in DNA induce the SOS function sfiA in Escherichia coli.
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عنوان ژورنال: The EMBO Journal
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0261-4189
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1984.tb02175.x