Prokaryotic Nitrate Reduction: Molecular Properties and Functional Distinction among Bacterial Nitrate Reductases
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.21.6573-6584.1999