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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1958 July 15; 44(7): 671–682.
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THE REPLICATION OF DNA IN ESCHERICHIA COLI*
Matthew Meselson and Franklin W. Stahl
†GATES AND CRELLIN LABORATORIES OF CHEMISTRY, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
NORMAN W. CHURCH LABORATORY OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
* Aided by grants from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the National Institutes of Health.
Contribution No. 2344.
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