Positive Selection in the ComC-ComD System of Streptococcal Species

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Bacteriology

• Publication date

  2006-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1128/JB.00484-06PMID 16923913PMCID PMC1595358
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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