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Effect of Actinomycin D on DNA Synthesis in Liver

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Studies with actinomycin D do not support an essential role for transcription concomitant with nuclear DNA replication in the liver.

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UMEDA, T., LYNCH, W., SURREY, S. et al. Effect of Actinomycin D on DNA Synthesis in Liver. Nature 244, 420–422 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244420a0

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