A stringently controlled expression system for analysing lateral gene transfer between bacteria.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on July 01, 1996

Authors

S Jaenecke1, V de Lorenzo, K N Timmis, E Díaz

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1: Department of Microbiology, GBF-National Research Centre for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany.

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