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Daniel J Bretl1, John R Kirby1

  • 1Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, 51 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.

Journal of Molecular Biology
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PubMed

Keywords:
extracellular signalfruiting bodykin selectionmulticellulartwo-component signaling

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