Physics of the bacterial chromosome

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 809, Issue , 2006, Pages 255-259

  Stavans, Joel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 33751239420     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2160993     Document Type: Conference Paper

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