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Jäger, J., Pata, J.D. (2002). Viral RNA-directed Polymerases: Structure and Function Relationships. In: Holzenburg, A., Bogner, E. (eds) Structure-Function Relationships of Human Pathogenic Viruses. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47650-9_3

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