Chromosome arrangement within a bacterium

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1102-1109

  Teleman, Aurelio A ^a   Graumann, Peter L ^a   Lin, Daniel Chi Hong ^b   Grossman, Alan D ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0032497571     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70464-6     Document Type: Article

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