Transcripts of Gracilaria changii that improve copper tolerance of Escherichia coli

Asia-Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 315-319

  Ho, Chai Ling ^a   Teo, Swee Sen ^a   Rahim, Raha Abdul ^a   Phang, Siew Moi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Copper tolerance; Escherichia coli; Gracilaria changii; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876468326     PISSN: 01287451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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