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Structural and catalytic roles for divalent magnesium in nucleic acid biochemistry

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Sreedhara, A., Cowan, J. Structural and catalytic roles for divalent magnesium in nucleic acid biochemistry. Biometals 15, 211–223 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016070614042

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