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Strong mutagenic activity of streptozotocin —an antibiotic with an alkylnitroso group

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  1. Institute of Experimental Botany, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Praha 6

    T. Gichner & J. Velemínský

  2. Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Praha 6

    J. Křepinský

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Gichner, T., Velemínský, J. & Křepinský, J. Strong mutagenic activity of streptozotocin —an antibiotic with an alkylnitroso group. Molec. Gen. Genet. 102, 184–186 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01789142

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