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Adaptation of Escherichia coli to elevated temperatures: The metA gene product is a heat shock protein

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  1. Department of Microbiology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    Eliora Z. Ron, Sari Alajem, Dvora Biran & Nili Grossman

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Ron, E.Z., Alajem, S., Biran, D. et al. Adaptation of Escherichia coli to elevated temperatures: The metA gene product is a heat shock protein. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 58, 169–174 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00548929

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