Nucleotide sequence and predicted functions of the entire Sinorhizobium meliloti pSymA megaplasmid.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on July 31, 2001

Authors

M J Barnett1, R F Fisher, T Jones, C Komp, A P Abola, F Barloy-Hubler, L Bowser, D Capela, F Galibert, J Gouzy, M Gurjal, A Hong, L Huizar, R W Hyman, D Kahn, M L Kahn, S Kalman, D H Keating, C Palm, M C Peck, R Surzycki, D H Wells, K C Yeh, R W Davis, N A Federspiel, S R Long

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1: Department of Biological Sciences, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA.

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