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2012 Database Issue
The 19th annual Database Issue of Nucleic Acids Research is now available and features descriptions of 92 new online databases covering various areas of
molecular biology and 100 papers describing recent updates to the databases previously described in NAR and other journals.
Nucleic Acids Research is proud to have been chosen by the Special Libraries Association as one of the top 100 most influential journals in medicine and biology.
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