Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the Bacillus subtilis lon gene.

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Published in J Bacteriol on November 01, 1994

Authors

S Riethdorf1, U Völker, U Gerth, A Winkler, S Engelmann, M Hecker

Author Affiliations

1: Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Germany.

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