Gene cloning in clostridia

Handbook on Clostridia

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 37-52

  Davis, Ian J ^a   Carter, Glen ^a   Young, Mike ^b   Minton, Nigel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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