Mapping of the fla Locus in Plasmid with a Molecular Weight of 120 MDa in Azospirillum brasilense Sp245 Bacteria

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1177-1182

  Katzy, E I ^a   Shelud'ko, A V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

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