Silent clusters - speak up!

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-14

  Gram, Lone ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; INDUSTRIAL ENZYME;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL GENOME; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; SILENT GENE; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; FUNGI; GENOMICS;

EID: 84922687741     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12181     Document Type: Article

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