The proteotytic systems of lactic acid bacteria

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - Tập 70 Số 2-4 - Trang 187-221 - 1996
Edmund R. S. Kunji1, Igor Mierau2, Anja Hagting3, Berend Poolman3, Wil N. Konings3
1Dept. of Microbiology, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands
2Dept of Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands.
3<!--label omitted: 1-->Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

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