Mobilization of bacillus thuringiensis plasmid ptx14-3

Plasmid

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 159-167

  Andrup, Lars ^a   Bendixen, Hanne Hoick ^a   Jensen, Gert B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

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EID: 0029045215     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1995.1017     Document Type: Article

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