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Original Articles

Carbon Catabolite Control of the Metabolic Network in Bacillus subtilis

Yasutaro FUJITADepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Science and Biotechnology, Fukuyama University
Pages 245-259 | Published online: 22 May 2014

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