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(1992)
Prokaryotic DNA replication.
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Messer W
(2002)
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FEMS Microbiology Reviews
26: 355–374.
Messer W and
Weigel C
(1996)
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In: Neidhardt FC,
Curtiss R III and
Ingraham J et al. (eds)
Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Cellular and Molecular Biology,
pp. 1579–1601.
Washington, DC: ASM Press.
Skarstad K and
Boye E
(1994)
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Biochimica et Biophysica Acta
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Yoshikawa H and
Wake RG
(1993)
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In: Sonenshein AL,
Hoch JA and
Losick R (eds)
Bacillus subtilis and Other Gram‐Positive Bacteria: Biochemistry, Physiology, and Molecular Genetics,
pp. 507–528.
Washington, DC: ASM Press.