High-efficiency, temperature-sensitive suppression of amber mutations in Escherichia coli
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.145.1.459-465.1981