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Mode of Action of Alkylating Agents: Formation of S-Ethylcysteine from Ethyl Methanesulphonate In Vivo

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ROBERTS, J., WARWICK, G. Mode of Action of Alkylating Agents: Formation of S-Ethylcysteine from Ethyl Methanesulphonate In Vivo . Nature 179, 1181–1182 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791181a0

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