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Some antimicrobial drugs seem to function by combining with DNA, distorting its structure and function. This article provides a detailed description of three such modes of action.
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WARING, M. Drugs which affect the Structure and Function of DNA. Nature 219, 1320–1325 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2191320a0
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