Molecular analysis of some genes from plasmid p19 of the Bacillus subtilis 19 soil strain involved in conjugation

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 539-545

  Poluektova, E U ^a   Gagarina, E Yu ^a   Shilovskii, I P ^a   Fedorina, E A ^a   Nezametdinova, V Z ^a   Rodionova, S A ^b   Prozorov, A A ^a  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 44349118679     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: 16083369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1022795408050050     Document Type: Article

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