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. 1991 May 1;275(Pt 3):823. doi: 10.1042/bj2750823

A sequence similarity between proteins involved in initiation and termination of bacterial chromosome replication.

A V Kralicek, A J Day, R G Wake, G F King
PMCID: PMC1150206  PMID: 1903929

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