The nonribosomal code

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1999, Pages

  Von Döhren, Hans ^a   Dieckmann, Ralf ^b   Pavela Vrancic, Maja ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BrainTec GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

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EID: 0033214563     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(00)80014-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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