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Goadsporin, a chemical substance which promotes secondary metabolism and Morphogenesis in streptomycetes. II.

Y Igarashi1, Y Kan, K Fujii

  • 1Biotechnology Research Center, Toyama Prefectural University, Kosugi, Japan. yas@pu-toyama.ac.jp

The Journal of Antibiotics
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