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Keeble, A.H., Maté, M.J., Kleanthous, C. (2005). HNH Endonucleases. In: Belfort, M., Wood, D.W., Stoddard, B.L., Derbyshire, V. (eds) Homing Endonucleases and Inteins. Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29474-0_4
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