Inactivation of the ypaA gene in Bacillus subtilis; Analysis of the resulting phenotypic expression

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 972-974

  Kreneva, R A ^a   Gel'fand, M S ^b   Mironov, A A ^b   Yomantas, Yu A ^c   Kozlov, Yu I ^c   Mironov, A S ^b   Perumov, D A ^a  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^c Ajinomoto Genetika Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

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