Genetic Regulation of Nitrogen Assimilation in Photosynthetic Bacteria

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1287-1301

  Zinchenko, V V ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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