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Starikova E.V.

Federal research and clinical center of physical-chemical medicine FMBA, Moscow, Russia

Koshechkin S.I.

Institute of Molecular Genetics RAS, Moscow, Russia

Demkin V.V.

Institute of Molecular Genetics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 123182 Moscow, Russia

Prophage sequences in genomes of vaginal lactobacteria

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Starikova E.V., Koshechkin S.I., Demkin V.V.

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To cite this article:

Starikova EV, Koshechkin SI, Demkin VV. Prophage sequences in genomes of vaginal lactobacteria. Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Virology. 2020;38(2):82‑89. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/molgen20203802182

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