Bacterial division: The fellowship of the ring

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Margolin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037425628     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01381-7     Document Type: Review

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