Regulation of catabolic gene systems

Handbook on Clostridia

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 583-606

  Tangney, Martin ^a   Mitchell, Wilfrid J ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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