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Conservative Site-Specific Recombination

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  1. Molecular Control and Genetics Section, Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD, 21702-1201, USA

    Adam R. Parks

  2. Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, 175A Wing Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Joseph E. Peters

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    Ellis Bell

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Parks, A.R., Peters, J.E. (2014). Conservative Site-Specific Recombination. In: Bell, E. (eds) Molecular Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6436-5_165-1

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