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CAPRRESI: Chimera Assembly by Plasmid Recovery and Restriction Enzyme Site Insertion
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CAPRRESI: Chimera Assembly by Plasmid Recovery and Restriction Enzyme Site Insertion

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Recombination sites in plasmid drug resistance gene amplification

B C Peterson, R H Rownd

    Journal of Bacteriology
    |December 1, 1985
    PubMed

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