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spellingShingle Larouche, André, Roy, Paul H., Journal of Bacteriology, Analysis by Mutagenesis of a Chromosomal Integron Integrase from Shewanella amazonensis SB2BT, Molecular Biology, Microbiology
title Analysis by Mutagenesis of a Chromosomal Integron Integrase from Shewanella amazonensis SB2BT
title_full Analysis by Mutagenesis of a Chromosomal Integron Integrase from Shewanella amazonensis SB2BT
title_fullStr Analysis by Mutagenesis of a Chromosomal Integron Integrase from Shewanella amazonensis SB2BT
title_full_unstemmed Analysis by Mutagenesis of a Chromosomal Integron Integrase from Shewanella amazonensis SB2BT
title_short Analysis by Mutagenesis of a Chromosomal Integron Integrase from Shewanella amazonensis SB2BT
title_sort analysis by mutagenesis of a chromosomal integron integrase from <i>shewanella amazonensis</i> sb2bt
title_unstemmed Analysis by Mutagenesis of a Chromosomal Integron Integrase from Shewanella amazonensis SB2BT
topic Molecular Biology, Microbiology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.01537-08