Construction and Characterization of a Burkholderia pseudomallei wzm Deletion Mutant |
Yuen, Chee-Wah
(School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Ong, Eugene Boon Beng (School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia) Mohamad, Suriani (School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia) Manaf, Uyub Abdul (School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia) Najimudin, Nazalan (School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia) |
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