1. This interest stems partly from a desire to help elucidate the mechanism of action of the biological alkylating agents (3) and partly from the synthetic utility of such procedures (4).
2. STUDIES ON THE CHEMICALLY REACTIVE GROUPS OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACIDS
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