Recent development in the use of blasticidin S, a microbial fungicide, as a useful reagent in molecular biology

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-248

  Kimura, Makoto ^a   Yamaguchi, Isamu ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030292263     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pest.1996.0077     Document Type: Article

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