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Chevalier, B., Monnat, R.J., Stoddard, B.L. (2005). The LAGLIDADG Homing Endonuclease Family. In: Belfort, M., Wood, D.W., Stoddard, B.L., Derbyshire, V. (eds) Homing Endonucleases and Inteins. Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29474-0_3
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