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Molecular Mechanism of the Cytotoxic Action of Difunctional Alkylating Agents and of Resistance to this Action

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LAWLEY, P., BROOKES, P. Molecular Mechanism of the Cytotoxic Action of Difunctional Alkylating Agents and of Resistance to this Action. Nature 206, 480–483 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206480a0

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