Lateral transfer and GC content of bacterial resistance genes

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Hayek, Nabil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84875877826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00041     Document Type: Note

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