Specific effects of a recB mutation on the HfrH strain of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1334-1337

  Dermić, Damir ^a   Trgovčević, ŽELJKO ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

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ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL VIABILITY; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0344958826     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1334-1337.1999     Document Type: Article

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