Conserved sequences of peptide synthetase genes in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa

Phycologia

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages 62-67

  Dittmann, Elke ^a   Meißner, Kathrin ^a   Börner, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0002086651     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-35-6s-62.1     Document Type: Article

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