DNA metabolism in Mycobacterium leprae

Leprosy Review

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 408-414

  Dawes, Stephanie S ^a   Mizrahi, Valerie ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; ELONGATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

EID: 0035704319     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20010049     Document Type: Article

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