Plasmid copy number control: isolation and characterization of high-copy-number mutants of plasmid pE194
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.137.1.635-643.1979