Phenotype metastability in bacteria

Mikrobiologiya

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-155

  Golovlev, E L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 17044442450     PISSN: 00263656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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