Comparative and evolutionary analysis of the bacterial homologous recombination systems

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 0247-0259

  Rocha, Eduardo P C ^a,b   Cornet, Emmanuel ^b   Michel, Bénédicte ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

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EID: 55449115425     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0010015     Document Type: Review

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