Microcins, Peptide Antibiotics of Enterobacteria: Genetic Control of Synthesis, Structure, and Mode of Action

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Khmel, I A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

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