Origin, evolution, and migration of drug resistance genes

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1257-1271

  Mindlin, S Z ^a   Petrova, M A ^a   Bass, I A ^a   Gorlenko, Zh M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

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Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33751548975     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: 16083369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1022795406110081     Document Type: Review

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