Evidence for a chromosomally located third integron in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104b.
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SUBMITTER: Daly M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC375266 | biostudies-other | 2004 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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