Determining the optimal thymidine concentration for growing Thy- Escherichia coli strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2992-2994

  Molina, Felipe ^a   Jiménez Sánchez, Alfonso ^a   Guzmán, Elena C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYMIDINE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032464365     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.11.2992-2994.1998     Document Type: Article

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