Mechanisms of T-DNA integration

Agrobacterium: From Biology to Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 395-440

  Ziemienowicz, Alicja ^a   Tzfira, Tzvi ^b   Hohn, Barbara ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c FMI for Biomedical Research   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84900896122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72290-0_11     Document Type: Chapter

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