Prophage induction in escherichia coli K-12(γ) by some plants from Iran

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-59

  Taghvaei, M ^a   Naghibi, Farzaneh ^a   Mosaddegh, M ^a   Moazzami, N ^a   Ghorbani, A ^a   Fakhari, A ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

DNA reactive agents; Ferula szowitsiana; Lambda phage

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350307077     PISSN: 09735070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2009.11886338     Document Type: Article

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