Unknown unknowns: essential genes in quest for function

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 530-540

  Danchin, Antoine ^a   Fang, Gang ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI   (China)

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ESSENTIAL GENE;

EID: 84983283570     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12384     Document Type: Article

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