Genomics and bacterial metabolism

Current Issues in Molecular Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-25

  Downs, Diana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037224083     PISSN: 14673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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