Effects of growth conditions on expression of mycobacterial murA and tyrS genes and contributions of their transcripts to precursor rRNA synthesis.

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Published in J Bacteriol on August 01, 1999

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J A Gonzalez-y-Merchand1, M J Colston, R A Cox

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1: Departamento de Microbiologia, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, IPN, Mexico, Distrito Federal 06400, Mexico.

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