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Enhancement by zinc acetate of 1-nitropyrene binding to dna in the hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase system

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Sakai, K., Nakajima, J., Niimura, M. et al. Enhancement by zinc acetate of 1-nitropyrene binding to dna in the hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase system. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 54, 142–149 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196281

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