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Function of Genetic Material: Progressive Insight into Antimicrobial Peptides and their Transcriptional Regulation

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  1. Technische Universität Berlin, Institut för Mikrobiologie und Genetik, D-13355, Berlin

    Silke Hagen

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  3. Fakultät för Biologie, Lehrstuhl för Experimentelle Ökologie und Ökosystembiologie Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraβe 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany

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Hagen, S., Stahl, U. (2007). Function of Genetic Material: Progressive Insight into Antimicrobial Peptides and their Transcriptional Regulation. In: Esser, K., Löttge, U., Beyschlag, W., Murata, J. (eds) Progress in Botany. Progress in Botany, vol 68. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36832-8_2

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