Multidrug resistance: Versatile drug sensors of bacterial cells

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1999, Pages

  Lewis, Kim ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033519668     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80254-1     Document Type: Note

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