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Replication of Tobacco Mosaic Virus: A Re-examination of Theories

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COMMONER, B. Replication of Tobacco Mosaic Virus: A Re-examination of Theories. Nature 184, 1998–2001 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841998a0

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