RecA-Mediated Homology Search as a Nearly Optimal Signal Detection System
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RecA-mediated homology search as a nearly optimal signal detection system.
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Cell
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1097-2765
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.10.020