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Accumulation ofhns mutations specifically in stationary phase in anE. coli strain carrying an impairedrpoS locus

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Desai, S., Mahadevan, S. Accumulation ofhns mutations specifically in stationary phase in anE. coli strain carrying an impairedrpoS locus. J. Genet. 85, 221–224 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02935336

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