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EF4 knockout E. coli cells exhibit lower levels of cellular biosynthesis under acidic stress

  • Fang Yang 1,2 ,
  • Zhikai Li 1 ,
  • Jia Hao 1 ,
  • Yan Qin , 1
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  • 1. Laboratory of Noncoding RNA, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Published date: 31 Jul 2014

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Fang Yang , Zhikai Li , Jia Hao , Yan Qin . EF4 knockout E. coli cells exhibit lower levels of cellular biosynthesis under acidic stress[J]. Protein & Cell, 2014 , 5(7) : 563 -567 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-014-0050-3

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