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High-throughput DNA analysis by time-of-flight mass spectrometry

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Monforte, J., Becker, C. High-throughput DNA analysis by time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Nat Med 3, 360–362 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0397-360

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