Comparative Analysis of Structural Organization of the Genome in Alfalfa Nodule Bacteria Sinorhizobium medicae and Sinorhizobium meliloti

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 128-135

  Roumiantseva, M L ^a   Yakutkina, V V ^a   Damman Kalinowski, T ^b   Sharypova, L A ^a   Keller, M ^b   Simarov, B V ^a  

^a ALL RUSSIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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