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DNA moves in and out of a host cell's DNA during infection. According to
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856:. University of Wisconsin–Madison
850:"Hatch Echols Tennis Tournament"
699:. University of California Press
572:John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
480:University of Wisconsin, Madison
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82:University of Wisconsin, Madison
771:"A Highly Personal Perspective"
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245:advanced the understanding of
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451:player. He played tennis at
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568:"Fellows: Harrison Echols"
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271:William Holding Echols
267:University of Virginia
76:University of Virginia
423:Guggenheim Fellowship
197:John William Anderegg
897:American biochemists
491:Berkeley, California
459:tournament in 1961.
361:alkaline phosphatase
298:alkaline phosphatase
241:, whose work on the
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403:electron microscopy
395:Stanford University
284:Research and career
231:molecular biologist
84:(MA 1957, PhD 1959)
44:Charlottesville, VA
636:The New York Times
457:Madison, Wisconsin
407:DNA polymerase III
661:Los Angeles Times
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469:Gordon Conference
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487:lung cancer
442:Carol Gross
349:lytic cycle
332:Phage Group
107:Carol Gross
40:May 1, 1933
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399:enzymology
387:DNA damage
385:caused by
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