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Sarah Sonbol1, Rania Siam1,2

  • 1Biology Department and the Graduate Program of Biotechnology, School of Sciences and Engineering, the American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Cairo, Egypt.

Canadian Journal of Microbiology
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Keywords:
CALINCALINshalophilesinsertion sequenceintegron integraseintegronsintégrase d’intégronsintégronsséquence d’insertion

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