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Phylogenetic Analysis and Heterologous Expression of Surface Layer Protein SlpC of Bacillus sphaericus C3-41

Xiaomin HUState Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Jia LIState Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Bjarne Munk HANSENNational Environmental Research Institute
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Zhiming YUANState Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pages 1257-1263 | Received 15 Nov 2007, Accepted 21 Jan 2008, Published online: 22 May 2014

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