Targeted gene disruption as a tool for establishing gene function in hyperthermophilic archaea

Thermophiles: Biology and Technology at High Temperatures

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 213-223

  Atomi, Haruyuki ^a   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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