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Autoregulation of repressor synthesis in bacteriophage λimm434

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  1. Ricardo Pastrana

    Present address: Dpt. Virología y Genética Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Canto Blanco, Madrid-34, Spain

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Pastrana, R. Autoregulation of repressor synthesis in bacteriophage λimm434. Biosci Rep 2, 123–134 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01116179

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