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The orientation of transfer of the plasmid RP4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Zainab Al-Doori
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biology, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR
Martin Watson
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE
John Scaife
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biology, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR

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