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Influence of silicic acid onin vitro depurination of DNA

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  1. Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Post Box 80, 226 001, Lucknow, India

    Sikandar G. Khan & Q. Rahman

  2. Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, 202 001, Aligarh, India

    R. Y. Rizvi & S. M. Hadi

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Khan, S.G., Rizvi, R.Y., Hadi, S.M. et al. Influence of silicic acid onin vitro depurination of DNA. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 47, 342–349 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01702192

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