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Med, a Cell-surface Localized Protein Regulating a Competence Transcription Factor Gene, comK, in Bacillus subtilis

Mitsuo OGURADepartment of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University3-20-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424-8610, Japan
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Hitoshi HASHIMOTODepartment of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University3-20-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424-8610, Japan
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Teruo TANAKADepartment of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University3-20-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424-8610, Japan
Pages 892-896 | Received 01 Oct 2001, Accepted 16 Nov 2001, Published online: 22 May 2014

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