Localization and functional analysis of transposon mutations in regulatory genes of the TOL catabolic pathway.

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Published in J Bacteriol on May 01, 1983

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F C Franklin, P R Lehrbach, R Lurz, B Rueckert, M Bagdasarian, K N Timmis

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