Multiple pathways for isoleucine biosynthesis in the spirochete Leptospira
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.154.2.846-853.1983