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. 1997 Oct;41(10):2067–2075. doi: 10.1128/aac.41.10.2067

Regulation of chromosomally mediated multiple antibiotic resistance: the mar regulon.

M N Alekshun 1, S B Levy 1
PMCID: PMC164072  PMID: 9333027

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