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Tangle analysis of difference topology experiments: Applications to a Mu protein-DNA complex

Isabel K Darcy, John Luecke and Mariel Vazquez

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 9 (2009) 2247–2309

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2009.9.2247

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