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Molecular Biology of Antibiotic Production in Bacillus

Michiko M. Nakano The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA, 71130-3932
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Peter Zuber The University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport
Pages 223-240 | Published online: 27 Sep 2008

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