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Yura, T., Kawasaki, Y., Kusukawa, N. et al. Roles and regulation of the heat shock σ factor σ32 in Escherichia coli . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 58, 187–190 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00548931
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