文档介绍：The Microbial Models of
Molecular Biology:
From Genes to Genomes
ROWLAND H. DAVIS
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
The Microbial Models
of Molecular Biology
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The Microbial Models
of Molecular Biology
From Genes to Genomes
ROWLAND H. DAVIS
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2003
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Davis, Rowland H.
The microbial models of molecular biology : from genes to genomes/
by Rowland H. Davis.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-515436-3
1. Molecular biology—History. 2. Molecular ics—History. 3.
Microbial ics—History. 4. Molecular microbiology—History.
[DNLM: 1. ics, Microbial—history. 2. Models, Biological. 3.
Molecular Biology—history. 4. History of Medicine, 20th Cent.
QH 506 D263m 2003] I. Title.
QH506 .D395 2003
—dc21 2002152360
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